01714cam a22004094i 4500 119503 119503 20284174 BJBSDDR 20230805181439.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 220523s2018 nyu b 001 0 eng 2018002536 9780374137649 (hardcover) 0374137641 (hardcover) DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc JC 423 M648c 2018 321.8 Miller, James, 1947- 30089 Can democracy work? : a short history of a radical idea, from ancient Athens to our world / James Miller. First edition. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018. 306 pages ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-286) and index. oday, democracy is the world's only broadly accepted political system, and yet it has become synonymous with disappointment and crisis. How did it come to this? In [this book], James Miller, author of the classic history of 1960s protest "Democracy Is in the Streets", offers a lively, surprising, and urgent history of the democratic idea from its first stirrings to the present."--Jacket Democracy History. Democracy Philosophy. Democracia Historia 630 Filosofía política 3409 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-05-22 0 JC 423 M648c 2018 00000162907 2023-05-22 00:00:00 1 2023-05-22 BK