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Introduction: Democracy and History
PART I: PRE-ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY
What is so 'Primitive' about 'Primitive Democracy'? Comparing the Ancient Middle East and Classical Athens; B.Isakhan
Before Athens: Early Popular Government in Phoenicia and Greek City States; S.Stockwell
Republics and Quasi-Democratic Institutions in Ancient India; S.Muhlberger
Digging for Democracy in China; P.Keating
PART II: DEMOCRACY IN THE 'DARK AGES'
Behind a Veil: Islam's Democratic History; M.Abdalla& H.Rane
Ideals and Aspirations: Democracy and Law-Making in Medieval Iceland; P.P.Boulhosa
Democratic Culture in the Early Venetian Republic; S.Stockwell
PARR III: INDIGENOUS DEMOCRACY AND COLONIALISM
Africa's Indigenous Democracies: The Baganda of Uganda; I.Kizza
The Hunters who Owned Themselves; P.Paine
Aboriginal Australia and Democracy: Old Traditions, New Challenges; L.Behrendt
The Pre-History of the Post-Apartheid Settlement: Non-Racial Democracy in South Africa's Cape Colony, 1853-1936; P.Fry
PART IV: ALTERNATIVE CURRENTS IN MODERN DEMOCRACY
Birthing Democracy: The Role of Women in the Democratic Discourse of the Middle East; K.L.Gandolfo
The Streets of Iraq: Protests and Democracy after Saddam; B. Isakhan
Monitory Democracy? The Secret History of Democracy Since 1945; J.Keane
Conclusion: Democratizing the History of Democracy; B.Isakhan & S.Stockwell.
The secret history of democracy. ISBN 9780230244214. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.