Tantric State: A Buddhist Approach to Democracy and Development in Bhutan

by William Joseph Long

Today, the majority of sovereign states can be described as "democracies" because they possess elected political leadership and some measure of commitment to the protection and promotion of individual rights and equality under law. In the economic realm, most democracies are market-based and are integrated into wider regional and global markets. Virtually all are organized around Western liberal principles and values. For some, these philosophical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019084339X
• ISBN13: 9780190843397
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"