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Adventures in Democracy - The Turbulent World of People Power (Paperback)
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Adventures in Democracy - The Turbulent World of People Power (Paperback)
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Loot Price R263
Discovery Miles 2 630
You Save R32 (11%)
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Democracy is a living, breathing thing and Erica Benner has spent a
lifetime thinking about the role ordinary citizens play in keeping it
alive: from her childhood in post-war Japan, where democracy was
imposed on a defeated country, to working in post-communist Poland,
with its sudden gaps of wealth and security. This book draws on her
experiences and the deep history of self-ruling peoples – going back to
ancient Greece, the French revolution and Renaissance Florence – to
rethink some of the toughest questions that we face today.
What do democratic ideals of equality mean in a world obsessed with
competition, wealth, and greatness? How can we hold the powerful to
account? Can we find enough common ground to keep sharing democratic
power in the future? Challenging well-worn myths of heroic triumph over
tyranny, Benner reveals the inescapable vulnerabilities of people
power, inviting us to consider why democracy is worth fighting for and
the role each of us must play.
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