In Democracy is Dangerous, Safford maintains that democracy is disadvantageous to economic and intellectual elites. The author dwells upon the problem of "the tyranny of the majority," which Alexis de Tocqueville employed to describe American democracy, and which Lani Guinier also used to describe the purpose behind her legal writings. Rather than adopting an uncritical, enthusiastic view of democracy, this work underscores the perspective of those who perceive themselves as being vulnerable to majority tyranny. It is especially relevant at this time because of the recent revolutions throughout Eastern Europe and elsewhere.
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John L. Safford is Professor of Government and Philosophy, University of South Carolina at Sumter.
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A must read for those interested in justice and society,
This review is from: Democracy is Dangerous: Resisting the Tyranny of the Majority (Paperback)
Dr. Safford's book is written in a remarkably clear style, accesible to scholars, politicians and laypersons alike. Rather than simply categorizing democracies, he provides the reader with an historical and innovatice approach to not only the study of democracy, and its theoretical underpinnings, but to its varied models and the implications of those in past, present and future possible practice. He turns the work on Calhoun on its head by looking at the positive implications of what was intended to be a theory for protection slaveholders in the U.S. South, and provides the reader with a positive vision of the use of nullification, and its possibilities for building an even greater democracy. This book is essential for anyone interested in newly-democratizing or re-democratizing nations, or places on the globe which are heavily influenced by civil society social movements.
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