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Setting the People Free : The Story of Democracy

John Dunn

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Why does democracy, both as a word and an idea, linger in the political imagination today? Dunn charts its slow but insistent metamorphosis from its roots in ancient Greece to its triumph in the years since 1945. 'Setting the People Free' is an account of this extraordinary idea and its evolution.

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Setting the People Free : The Story of Democracy

John Dunn

3.26/5 (64 ratings)

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Why does democracy, both as a word and an idea, linger in the political imagination today? Dunn charts its slow but insistent metamorphosis from its roots in ancient Greece to its triumph in the years since 1945. 'Setting the People Free' is an account of this extraordinary idea and its evolution.

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ISBN10:: 1843542110

ISBN13:: 9781843542117

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