The Edinburgh companion to the History of Democracy
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.
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