Ebook: Democracy: a world history

Democracy: A World History; Copyright; Contents; Editors' Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Parting the Waters and Organizing the People; Chapter 2 Prophetic Movements and Cities of Promise; Chapter 3 Democracy against All Odds; Chapter 4 Which People Shall Rule?; Chapter 5 Social Revolution and Participatory Democracy; Chapter 6 Civil Disobedience and Racial Justice; Chapter 7 Optimism and Outrage in Struggles for Democracy; Chapter 8 New World Dawning; Chronology; Notes; Further Reading; Websites; Acknowledgments; Index.;At a moment when the term ""Democracy"" is evoked to express inchoate aspirations for peace and social change or particular governmental systems that may or may not benefit more than a select minority of the population, this book examines attempts from ancient Mesopotemia to the democratic movements of the early twenty-first century to sustain and improve their own lives and those of outsiders who have migrated into territory they regard as their own. Democratic activists have formed organizations to regulate the distribution of water, to restore the environment, and to assure that they and th.