Author : Benjamin Isakhan
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Release : 2011-02-15
ISBN-13 : 9780230244214
Page : 264 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 from 214 voters
The Secret History of Democracy
This book explores the intriguing idea that there is much more democracy in human history than is generally acknowledged. It establishes that democracy was developing across greater Asia before classical Athens, clung on during the ‘Dark Ages’, often formed part of indigenous governance and is developing today in unexpected ways.