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The Marx Revival Key concepts and new interpretations Marcello Musto, Ed.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge: Cambridge university Press 2013.Edition: Marcello Musto, EdDescription: xxi, 408pISBN:
  • 9781107117921
  • 9781107117921
  • 9781107117921
  • 9781107117921
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 335.4
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Book Book Dept. of Islamic Studies Processing Center Dept. of Islamic Studies 335.4 MUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out to Manu T (IF03) 09/05/2022 ISL7844
Book Book Dept. of Political Science Reference Dept. of Political Science Reference 321.809 ROP.H (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available POL20186

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-294) and index.

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.

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.

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