Brian S. Roper

The History of Democracy (eBook, ePUB)

A Marxist Interpretation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Democracy under neoliberalism has become tarnished, as governments become disconnected from voters and pursue policies against the interests of the people. And yet the ideal of democracy continues to inspire movements around the world.

Brian Roper refreshes our understanding of democracy using a Marxist framework. He traces the history of democracy from ancient Athens to the emergence of liberal representative and socialist participatory democracy in Europe and North America, through to the global spread of democracy during the past century.

An an alternative, he offers an engaging Marxist critique of representative democracy, which has the potential to undermine the existing status quo.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849647144
• Artikelnr.: 39501826

Autorenporträt

Brian S. Roper lectures in Politics at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He has been involved in the socialist left and political activism in New Zealand since the early 1980s. He is the author of Prosperity for All? Economic, Social and Political Change in New Zealand since 1935 (2005).