Democratic statecraft political realism and popular power

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: realism and democracy; 2. Reason of state and two dimensions of realism; 3. From the Sophists to Aristotle: institutions lie; 4. From Aristotle to Machiavelli: democracy bites; 5. From Machiavelli to the Puritans: fire fights fire; 6. From the Purita...

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1. Verfasser:	Maloy, J. S. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge u.a. Cambridge Univ. Press 2013
Schlagworte:	Democracy > Philosophy > Political science > Decision making > Comparative government > Demokratie > Politischer Realismus > Politische Philosophie > Geschichte
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Zusammenfassung:	Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: realism and democracy; 2. Reason of state and two dimensions of realism; 3. From the Sophists to Aristotle: institutions lie; 4. From Aristotle to Machiavelli: democracy bites; 5. From Machiavelli to the Puritans: fire fights fire; 6. From the Puritans to the Populists: money never sleeps; 7. Conclusion: power and paradoxes. "Shows that the Western tradition of statecraft, long considered the method of tyrants and oligarchs, can steer our thinking about democracy in bold new directions"--
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index
Beschreibung:	IX, 236 S. Ill., graph. Darst. 23 cm
ISBN:	9780521145589 978-0-521-14558-9 9780521192200 978-0-521-19220-0