Early Democracy
Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece
Talks about the origins of Athenian democracy. This book first examines the conditions in early Greek society that encouraged equality and "people's power.
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The Dark Side of Democracy
The Dark Side of Democracy is the most comprehensive study of ethnic cleansing across the world, giving in-depth coverage of terrible cases like Armenia, the Nazi Holocaust, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, as well as cases of lesser violence in early modern Europe and in contem
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Ethnicity and Electoral Politics
It posits that diversity helps stabilize democracies early on. In the long term, diversity is only destabilizing if ethnic groups are excluded from access to policy rewards.
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Democracy, Revolution, and Monarchism in Early American Literature
A radical revision of some of the most cherished elements of early American cultural identity. Downes argues that the whole construction of a Republican public sphere actually borrowed central features of monarchical rule.
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Radio’s Intimate Public
Jason Loviglio shows how early network radio produced a new type of community marked by contradictions and tensions between public and private, mass media and democracy, and nation and family.
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Understanding Ukrainian Politics
In the early post-Soviet period, Ukraine appeared to be firmly on the path to democracy. But the Kuchma presidency was clouded by dark rumors of corruption and even political murder, and, by 2004, the country was in full-blown political crisis.
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