The political institutions under which we live today evolved from a revolutionary idea that shook the world in the second part of the eighteenth century: that a people should govern itself.
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This book addresses central issues in democratic theory by analyzing the sources of widespread dissatisfaction with democracies around the world.
Yet if we judge contemporary democracies by the ideals of self-government, equality, and liberty, we find that Democracy is not what it was dreamt to be.
The political institutions under which we live today evolved from a revolutionary idea that shook the world in the second part of the eighteenth century: that a people should govern itself