Democracy - 80 Questions and Answers

Author: David BeethamKevin Boyle/Publisher: National Book TrustYear: 2014Language: EnglishPages: 116ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788123717715 DescriptionWhat is democracy? Why should we value it? What is the relation between democracy and individual rights? Is majority rule always democratic? Why do we have political parties? Are some electoral systems more democrat than others? What is the relation between nationalism and democracy, or democracy and a market economy? How can democracy be maintained and improved? What difference does it make to ordinary people? What is its future? These are only some of the questions addressed in this book. Its authors were specially commissioned by UNESCO to assemble eighty of the most pressing questions about democracy in the world today, and to provide clear and authoritative answers to them. The result is a masterpiece of succinct exposition, which will be of value to all those who to know more about democratic theory and practice, whether as students