The Edinburgh companion to the History of Democracy

Editor/Author Isakhan, Benjamin and Stockwell, Stephen
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Single-User Purchase Price: $190.00
Unlimited-User Purchase Price: $285.00
ISBN: 978-0-74-864075-1
Category: Social Sciences - Political science
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

This substantial reference work critically re-examines the history of democracy, from ancient history to possible directions it may take in the future.

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Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface - Jack Goody
  • Introduction: The Complex and Contested History of Democracy - Benjamin Isakhan
  • Part I: Pre-Classical Democracy
  • 1. Prehistory - Christopher Boehm
  • 2. The Assyrians - Benjamin Isakhan
  • 3. Ancient India - Steven Muhlberger
  • 4. Ancient China - Victoria Tin-bor Hui
  • 5. Israel and Phoenicia - Stephen Stockwell
  • Part II: Classical Democracy
  • 6. Early Greece - Kurt A. Raaflaub
  • 7. Athens - David J. Phillips
  • 8. Rome - Philip Matyszak
  • Part III: Medieval Democracy
  • 9. Islam - Larbi Sadiki
  • 10. Venice - Stephen Stockwell
  • 11. The Nordic Countries - Frode Hervik
  • 12. The Christian Church - John P. Hittinger
  • Part IV: Early Modern Democracy
  • 13. The English Parliament - Ann Lyon
  • 14. The Levellers and Diggers - Andrew Bradstock
  • 15. The Swiss Cantons - Thomas Lau
  • 16. The American Revolution - Andrew Shankman
  • 17. The French Revolution - John Markoff
  • Part V: Colonialism and Democracy
  • 18. Africa - Maxwell Owusu
  • 19. Native Americans - Bruce E. Johansen
  • 20. Australasia - Tim Rowse
  • 21. Singapore - Christine Doran
  • Part VI: National Movements
  • 22. 1808: South American Liberation - John Fisher
  • 23. 1848: European Revolutions - Mike Rapport
  • 24. 1919: After Versailles - Conan Fischer
  • 25. 1945: Post-Second World War Japan - Takashi Inoguchi
  • 26. 1989: Eastern Europe - Peter M. E. Volten
  • Part VII: Peoples’ Movements
  • 27. Anti-Slavery - Seymour Drescher
  • 28. Women's Suffrage - Patricia Grimshaw and Charles Sowerwine
  • 29. Socialism, Communism, Anarchism - Barry Hindess
  • 30. Civil Rights - Michael L. Ondaatje
  • Part VIII:Democracy Today
  • 31. South Africa - Roger Southall
  • 32. Bolivia - Juan Manuel Arbona and Carmen Medeiros
  • 33. Georgia - Lincoln A. Mitchell
  • 34. Iraq - Benjamin Isakhan
  • 35. Burma - Donald M. Seekins
  • 36. China since Tiananmen Square - Baogang He
  • 37. Islam since 9/11 - Nader Hashemi
  • Part IX: Futures and Possibilities
  • 38. Democracy Promotion - Christopher Hobson
  • 39. Transnational Democracy - James Anderson
  • 40. Digital Democracy - Brian Loader
  • 41. Radical Democracy - Lincoln Dahlberg
  • 42. Deliberative Democracy - Kasper M. Hansen and Christian F. Rostbøll
  • 43. New Thinking - John Keane
  • Conclusion: The Future History of Democracy - Stephen Stockwell
  • Notes on the Contributors