Machiavellian Democracy

by John P. McCormick

Book Overview

Intensifying economic and political inequality poses a dangerous threat to the liberty of democratic citizens. Mounting evidence suggests that economic power, not popular will, determines public policy, and that elections consistently fail to keep public officials accountable to the people. John P. McCormick confronts this dire situation through a dramatic reinterpretation of Niccol? Machiavelli's political thought. Highlighting previously neglected...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521530903
• ISBN13: 9780521530903
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"