Democracy: Government of the People or Government of the Politicians?

by JosZ Nun

One hundred and fifty years ago, Abraham Lincoln stressed the pressing need for a new definition of "freedom." Today, with 85 of some 190 countries claiming to be representative democracies, Jos Nun makes an equally compelling case for "democracy." In emerging democracies throughout much of the developing world, the need is especially urgent, as nascent debates about democracy are modified by such descriptions as delegative, transitional, incomplete,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742520390
• ISBN13: 9780742520394
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 9.8"