Democracy's Good Name: The Rise and Risks of the World's Most Popular Form of Government Tapa dura - 2007

New York: Public Affairs. Paperback. Small crease to corner back cover. The rapid spread of democracy all around the world in the last quarter of the twentieth century is one of the most remarkable and significant developments in modern history. In 1900 only ten countries could be counted as democracies. By 1975 there were thirty. Today, 119 of the world's 190 countries have adoped democracy, and it is by far the most celebrated and presitigour form of government. How did democracy acquire its good name? Why did it spread so far so fast? Why do important countries remain undemocratic? What accounts for the fact that the introduction to one of democracy's degining features - free elections - has sometimes led to political repression and large scale bloodshed? And why do efforst to export democracy so often fail and even make conditions worse? In this book the author, one of America's leading foreign thinkers, answers these questions and presents a lucid, comprehensive, and surpring account… Leer más

New York: PublicAffairs, 2007. BT6 - An advance reading copy trade paperback in fine condition. One of America's leading foreign policy thinkers investigates the reasons for democracy's exponential rise in the last century and critically examines democracy's potential in the Middle East, Russia, and China. 9"x6", 298 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

PublicAffairs, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good. Minor chip to cover, light shelfwear to bottom edge, else tight and clean.

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PublicAffairs. Collectible - Very Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. Inscribed by author on front free endpage. From the collection of Indiana Republican Senator Richard G. Lugar (1932-2019). Senator Lugar was highly regarded for his foreign policy leadership and work in pursuit of nuclear nonproliferation. (democracy, political science)