TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maloy,J.S.
TI  - Democratic statecraft: political realism and popular power 
SN  - 9781139624442
AV  - JC423 .D466 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Political science
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Comparative government
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: realism and democracy; 2. Reason of state and two dimensions of realism; 3. From the Sophists to Aristotle: institutions lie; 4. From Aristotle to Machiavelli: democracy bites; 5. From Machiavelli to the Puritans: fire fights fire; 6. From the Puritans to the Populists: money never sleeps; 7. Conclusion: power and paradoxes; 2; b
N2  - "Shows that the Western tradition of statecraft, long considered the method of tyrants and oligarchs, can steer our thinking about democracy in bold new directions"--
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