Verfasst von:	Stasavage, David [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	The decline and rise of democracy
Titelzusatz:	a global history from antiquity to today
Verf.angabe:	David Stasavage
Verlagsort:	Princeton ; Oxford
Verlag:	Princeton University Press
E-Jahr:	2020
Jahr:	[2020]
Umfang:	xii, 406 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen, Diagramme
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	The Princeton economic history of the Western world
Fussnoten:	Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
ISBN:	978-0-691-17746-5
	978-0-691-22897-6
Abstract:	Historical accounts of democracy’s rise tend to focus on ancient Greece and pre-Renaissance Europe. The Decline and Rise of Democracy draws from global evidence to show that the story is much richer - democratic practices were present in many places, at many other times, from the Americas before European conquest, to ancient Mesopotamia, to precolonial Africa. Delving into the prevalence of early democracy throughout the world, David Stasavage makes the case that understanding how and where these democracies flourished - and when and why they declined - can provide crucial information not just about the history of governance, but also about the ways modern democracies work and where they could manifest in the future. Drawing from examples spanning several millennia, Stasavage first considers why states developed either democratic or autocratic styles of governance and argues that early democracy tended to develop in small places with a weak state and, counterintuitively, simple technologies. When central state institutions (such as a tax bureaucracy) were absent - as in medieval Europe - rulers needed consent from their populace to govern. When central institutions were strong - as in China or the Middle East - consent was less necessary and autocracy more likely. He then explores the transition from early to modern democracy, which first took shape in England and then the United States, illustrating that modern democracy arose as an effort to combine popular control with a strong state over a large territory. Democracy has been an experiment that has unfolded over time and across the world - and its transformation is ongoing.
URL:	Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780691177465.pdf
Schlagwörter:	(s)Demokratie    / (s)Weltpolitik    / (s)Politische Wissenschaft    / (z)Geschichte
	(s)Demokratie    / (s)Weltpolitik    / (s)Politische Wissenschaft    / (z)Geschichte
	(s)Politisches System    / (s)Demokratie    / (s)Parlamentarismus    / (s)Governance    / (s)Staat    / (s)Funktion    / (s)Geschichte    / (g)Erde
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Stasavage, David: The decline and rise of democracy. - Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2020. - 1 Online-Ressource (424 Seiten)
	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Stasavage, David: The Decline and Rise of Democracy. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2020. - 1 online resource (425 pages)
	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Stasavage, David: The decline and rise of democracy. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2020. - 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 406 pages)
	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Stasavage, David: The Decline and Rise of Democracy : A Global History from Antiquity to Today. - New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2020. - 1 Online-Ressource
RVK-Notation:	ME 3000
K10plus-PPN:	1698447701