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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
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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Democracy is Dangerous: Resisting the Tyranny of the Majority by John Lugton Safford (Paperback - Feb. 2003)
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