The Middle Class and Democracy in Socio-Historical Perspective (Studies in Human Society, Vol 10)

The Middle Class and Democracy in Socio-Historical Perspective (Studies in Human Society, Vol 10)

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One of the basic theories of politics, put forth by Aristotle centuries ago, is the theory of the middle class and its causal link with democracy. According to Aristotle, a large, prosperous middle class may mediate between rich and poor, creating the structural foundation upon which democratic political processes may operate. Beyond Aristotelian theory, the specifically commercial nature of the middle class is also made central, as the democratic institutions of law, power limitation, and electoral participation were carried by a commercial middle class. This volume traces the development of democracy and the rise of the commercial middle class from ancient Greece to Renaissance Italy, to post-feudal Europe. Socialism, communism and fascism are discussed as reactions to capitalist-democracy. The book concludes with an analysis of the structural and cultural bases of democracy.

The Middle Class and Democracy in Socio-Historical Perspective (Studies in Human Society, Vol 10),Ronald M. Glassman,Brill Academic Publishers,9004103597,Anthropology - General,Architecture,Democracy,Interior Design - General,Middle class,Political Sociology,Political activity,Social Science,Sociology,Europe,European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland),Political structures: democracy,Social groups & communities,Social history

Book Contents:

1. Theophrastus of Eresus: Sources for His Life, Writings Thought and Influence : Commentary Volume 3.1 : Sources on Physics (Texts 137-223) (Philosophia Antiqua)
2. The Personal History of a Bukharan Intellectual: The Diary of Muhammad Sharif-I Sadr-I Ziya (Brill's Inner Asian Library)
3. The Peshitta of Leviticus (Monographs of the Peshitta Institute Leiden, Vol 6)
4. The Poetry of Ibn Khafajah: A Literary Analysis (Studies in Arabic Literature : Supplements to the Journal of Arabic Literature, Vol 16)
5. The Text of Matthew in the Writings of Basil of Caesarea (New Testament in the Greek Fathers, No. 5.)
6. The Vengeance of God: The Meaning of the Root Nqm and the Function of the Nqm-Texts in the Context of Divine Revelation in the Old Testament (Oudtes)
7. The Way We Live : Making Homes/Creating Lifestyles
8. Two Greek Rhetorical Treatises from the Roman Empire: Introduction, Text, and Translation of the Arts of Rhetoric, Attributed to Anonymous Seguerianus ... Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)
9. War and Society in the Eastern Mediterranean, 7Th-15th Centuries (Medieval Mediterranean, Vol 9)
10. Words Become Worlds: Semantic Studies of Genesis 1-11 (Biblical Interpretation Series, Vol 6)

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