Trust in the Capacities of the People, Distrust in Elites

by Kenneth Good

Book Overview

Democratization is a sociopolitical process and the society that may grow out of it where people make decisions on matters affecting them. It is an unending struggle to win such rights and power, to hold and to extend them. The contending classes are essentially the poor and weak majority of the people and the elite of wealth, status, and power. This book begins with the study of politics in democratic Athens 508-322 BCE, and how it revolved around...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498502458
• ISBN13: 9781498502450
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"