Democracy's Good Name (Signed First Edition, First Printing)

Mandelbaum, Michael

ISBN 10: 1586485148 / ISBN 13: 9781586485146

Published by PublicAffairs, 2007

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Signed First Edition, First Printing of this discussion of democracy as a form of government that spread widely in the last quarter of the 20th century. Mandelbaum explores the impetus for expansion of democracy and prospects for additional authoritarian societies shifting to democracy. Signed by Michael Mandelbaum on the front endpaper. 316 pages, appears unread.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Democracy's Good Name (Signed First Edition, First Printing)
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1586485148
• ISBN 13: 9781586485146
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

The last thirty years have witnessed one of the most remarkable developments in history: the rapid rise of democracy around the world. In 1900, only ten countries were democracies and by 1975 there were only 30. Today, 119 of the world's 190 countries have adopted this form of government, and it is by far the most celebrated and prestigious one.

How did democracy acquire its good name? Why did it spread so far and so fast? Why do important countries remain undemocratic? And why do efforts to export democracy so often fail and even make conditions worse?

In Democracy's Good Name, Michael Mandelbaum, one of America's leading foreign policy thinkers, answers these questions. He surveys the methods and risks of promoting democracy, and analyzes the prospects for the establishment of democratic governments in Russia, China, and the Arab world.

Written in Mandelbaum's clear and accessible style, Democracy's Good Name presents a lucid, comprehensive, and surprising account of the history and future of democracy from the American Revolution to the occupation of Iraq.

About the Author

Michael Mandelbaum is the Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. He is the author of ten books, including The Ideas That Conquered the World and The Case For Goliath.