Democracy in EuropeSiedentop examines whether representative government is feasible across the vast physical scale and human diversity of Europe, exploring the threat to local autonomy and individual freedom, and anatomizing the widely different political cultures of Britain, France, and Germany. He balances an understanding of the great theorists of supranational government, especially Montesquieu and De Tocqueville, with a deep, though critical, appreciation of contemporary Europe. |
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User Review - KirkusA political philosopher's tract on the European Union. Enthusiasts of the great theorists of liberty (Locke, Rawls, etc.) will enjoy Siedentop (Political Science/Oxford Univ.). Launching his argument ... Read full review
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User Review - JBreedlove - LibraryThingEffectively discusses the debate, or lack of debate, in the on going European Union project. He sheds light on the development of its constitution relative to the US Constitution. Read full review
Contents
democratic Liberty on a Continental Scale? | 1 |
jWhere are our Madisons? | 25 |
The Dilemma of Modern Democracy | 47 |
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| Title | Democracy in Europe |
| Author | Larry Siedentop |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 2000 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 0713994029, 9780713994025 |
| Length | 254 pages |
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