A cultural history of democracy in the age of empire
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A cultural history of democracy in the age of empire
（The cultural histories series, . A cultural history of democracy / general editor,
Bloomsbury Academic, 2021
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ISBN for hb set: 9781350042933
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Description
This volume surveys democracy broadly as a cultural phenomenon operating in different ways across a very wide range of societies in the nineteenth-century world.
In the long nineteenth century, democracy evolved from a contested, maligned conception of government with little concrete expression at the level of the state, to a term widely associated with good governance throughout the diverse political cultures of the Atlantic world and beyond. The geographical scope and public range of discussions about the meaning of democracy in this era were unprecedented in comparison to previous centuries. These lively debates involved fundamental questions about human nature, and encompassed subjects ranging from the scope of the people who would participate in self-government to the importance of social and economic issues. For these reasons, the nineteenth century has proven the formative century in the modern history of democracy.
Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: sovereignty; liberty and the rule of law; the "common good"; economic and social democracy; religion and the principles of political obligation; citizenship and gender; ethnicity, race, and nationalism; democratic crises, revolutions, and civil resistance; international relations; and beyond the polis. These ten different approaches to democracy in the nineteenth century add up to an extensive, synoptic coverage of the subject.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
General Editor's Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Tom Brooking (University of Otago, New Zealand) and Todd M. Thompson (Biola University, USA)
1. Sovereignty
John E. Martin (Independent scholar, New Zealand)
2. Liberty and the Rule of Law
Andrew Geddis (University of Otago, New Zealand)
3. The Common Good
Frank Bongiorno (Australian National University, Australia)
4. Economic and Social Democracy
Andrew Sartori (New York University, USA)
5. Religion and the Principles of Political Obligation
Colin Barr (University of Aberdeen, UK) and Eugenio F. Biagini (University of Cambridge, UK)
6. Citizenship and Gender
Laura E. Nym Mayhall (Catholic University of America, USA)
7. Ethnicity, Race, and Nationalism
Joshua D. Smith (Biola University, USA), Tom Brooking (University of Otago, New Zealand), and Todd M.
Thompson (Biola University, USA)
8. Democratic Crises, Revolutions, and Civil Resistance
Aishwary Kumar (University of Goettingen, Germany)
9. International Relations
Michelle Tusan (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)
10. Beyond the Polis
Jim McAloon (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Notes
References
Notes on Contributors
Index
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