The Meaning of Democracy and the Vulnerabilities of Democracies: A Response to Tocqueville's Challenge

by Vincent Ostrom

Book Overview

We struggle in the modern age to preserve individual freedoms and social self-government in the face of large and powerful governments that lay claim to the symbols and language of democracy,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472084569
• ISBN13: 9780472084562
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"