The history of democracy : (Record no. 21360)
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| fixed length control field | 01475nam a22001937a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780745331898 (pbk.) |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 321.809 |
| Book Number | Rop/B |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Roper, Brian S. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The history of democracy : |
| Subtitle | a Marxist interpretation |
| Statement of responsibility | Brian S. Roper. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London |
| Name of publisher | Pluto Press |
| Year of publication | 2013 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xv, 310 p. |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | MRP by Saheli Roychoudhury |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Contents note | Origins: democracy in the ancient Greek world --Democracy suppressed: the Roman republic and empire -- The early Middle Ages and the transition from feudalism to capitalism -- The English Revolution and parliamentary democracy -- The American Revolution and constitutional redefinition of democracy -- The revolutionary revival of democracy in France -- The revolutions of 1848-49 -- Capitalist expansion, globalisation and democratisation -- The Marxist critique of capitalism and representative democracy -- Precursors of socialist participatory democracy: the Paris Commune 1871 and Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Brian Roper refreshes our understanding of democracy using a Marxist theoretical framework. He traces the history of democracy from ancient Athens to the emergence of liberal representative and socialist participatory democracy in Europe and North America, through to the global spread of democracy during the past century. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Democracy |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Democracy |
| General subdivision | Philosophy. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Philosophy, Marxist. |
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| Koha item type | Books |
| Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Accn No. | Full call number | Barcode | Koha item type |
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| RKSMVV Library | RKSMVV Library | 29/04/2019 | MRP561 | 321.809 Rop/B | A16097 | Books |