Theorising Democide: Why and How Democracies Fail
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Theorising Democide: Why and How Democracies Fail
By (Author) M. Chou
Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Pivot
24th April 2013
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Social and political philosophy
Comparative politics
Public administration
Development studies
321.82
Physical Properties
Hardback
96
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
286g
Description
Beginning with the premise that democracies are often deeply implicated in their own downfall, The Theory of Democide challenges the conventional view of how and why democracies collapse by demonstrating that democratic collapse is often a direct result of the inherent logic of democracy itself.
Reviews
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Author Bio
Mark Chou is Lecturer in Politics in the School of Arts and Sciences at Australian Catholic University. His first book, Greek Tragedy and Contemporary Democracy, was published in 2012.
