TY - GEN AU - Osborne, R. TI - Of the people, by the people : a new history of democracy SN - 9781845950620 U1 - 321.8 PY - 2011/// CY - London PB - Pimlico KW - N1 - CONTENTS Prologue i CHAPTER i: Athens and the Ancient World The Involved Citizen 7 CHAPTER 2: Parliaments and Things The Represented Citizen 29 CHAPTER 3: Medieval Towns and City Republics The Burgher-Citizen 46 CHAPTER 4: Democracy in the High Alps The Communal Citizen 68 CHAPTER 5: The English Revolution The Subject-Citizen 75 CHAPTER 6: Democracy in America The Citizen-Elector 98 CHAPTER 7: France, 1789-95 The Citizen-Activist 118 CHAPTER 8: Republics in Latin America The Subdued Citizen 142 CHAPTER 9: Europe in the Nineteenth Century The Denied Citizen 157 CHAPTER 10: Embrace and Retreat The Idealised Citizen 178 CHAPTER II: India The Independent Citizen 205 CHAPTER 12: The Postwar West The Consumer-Citizen 219 CHAPTER 13: Democracy and Decolonisation The Exploited Citizen 239 CHAPTER 14: The Collapse of Communism in Europe The Citizen Triumphant 255 CHAPTER 15: Democracy since 1989 The Informed Citizen 276 Notes 291 References and Further Reading 299 Picture Credits309 Index 311 ER -