The Spectre of Democracy: The Rise of Modern Democracy as Seen by Its Critics

by Michael Levin

Book Overview

This study examines the arguments that the democratic movement has had to overcome. A history of franchise extension in the USA, France, Germany and the United Kingdom provides the context for examining the attitudes to democracy of John Adams, de Tocqueville, Hegel and Carlyle.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349125490
• ISBN13: 9781349125494
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"