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| Introducing Democracy : 80 Questions and Answers |
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| What is Democracy ? Why should we value it ? What is the relation between democracy and individual rights ? What is the relation between nationalism and democracy, or democracy and a market economy ? How can democracy be maintained and improved ? |
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Books 11 of 16
 These are only some of the questions addressed in this book. Its authors were specially commissioned by UNESCO to assemble the most pressing questions about democracy in the world today, and to provide clear and authoritative answers to them. The result is a masterpiece of succinct exposition which will be of value to all those who want to know more about democratic theory and practice, whether as students, interested citizens, political activists or employees in public service, and whether they live in established or developing countries.
The questions are systematically arranged in six sections: basic concepts and principles; free and fair elections; open and accountable government; individual rights and their defence; democratic or civil society; the future of democracy.
Other language versions : Amharic 1997, Arabic 1996, Armenian 1995, Asamiyan 1997, Bangala 1998, Bulgarian 1995, Czech 1997, Georgian 1997, Greek 1996, Gujarati 1998, Hindi 1996, Italian 1995, Kannada 1998, Korean 1997, Lithuanian 1997, Marathi 1998, Malayalam 1998, Nepalese 1997, Oriya 1998, Polish 1996, Punjabi 1998, Russian 1996, Spanish 1996, Tamil 1998, Telugu 1998, Urdu 1998. |
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Beetham, David; Boyle, Kevin -with cartoons by Plantu |
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Handbook |
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1995 |
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UNESCO Publishing / Polity Press |
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136 p.
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| Website for this book |
Website for this book
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| ISBN |
92-3-103081-7 |
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| Keywords |
Democracy, Governability, Human rights, Political science |
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