The Life and Death of Democracy

Resumen del libro

The Life and Death of Democracy will inspire and shock its readers. Presenting the first grand history of democracy for well over a century, it poses along the way some tough and timely questions: how did democratic ideals and institutions come to have the shape they do today? Given all the recent fanfare about democracy promotion, why are many people now gripped by the feeling that a bad moon is rising over all the world's democracies? Do they indeed have a future? Or is perhaps democracy fated to melt away, along with our polar ice caps? Stylishly written, this superb book confronts its readers with an entirely fresh and irreverent look at the past, present and future of democracy.

Biografía del autor

John Keane es profesor de Teoría Política en la Sydney University y en el Wissenschafstzentrum. Fundó el Centro para el Estudio de la Democracia en Londres y la Iniciativa para la Democracia de Sydney. Ha escrito varias obras centradas en esta cuestión que han sido traducidas a diversas lenguas y han gozado de gran aceptación entre lectores de todo el mundo, entre las que se se encuentra el éxito de ventas Vida y muerte de la democracia.