Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction: The Complex and Contested History of Democracy 1
6. Part I Pre-Classical Democracy
7. Chapter 1 Prehistory 29
8. Chapter 2 The Assyrians 40
9. Chapter 3 Ancient India 50
10. Chapter 4 Ancient China 60
11. Chapter 5 Israel and Phoenicia 71
12. Part II Classical Democracy
13. Chapter 6 Early Greece 85
14. Chapter 7 Athens 97
15. Chapter 8 Rome 109
16. Part III Medieval Democracy
17. Chapter 9 Islam 121
18. Chapter 10 Venice 131
19. Chapter 11 The Nordic Countries 143
20. Chapter 12 The Christian Church 154
21. Part IV Early Modern Democracy
22. Chapter 13 The English Parliament 167
23. Chapter 14 The Levellers and Diggers 177
24. Chapter 15 The Swiss Cantons 188
25. Chapter 16 The American Revolution 199
26. Chapter 17 The French Revolution 210
27. Part V Colonialism and Democracy
28. Chapter 18 Africa 223
29. Chapter 19 Native Americans 233
30. Chapter 20 Australasia 245
31. Chapter 21 Singapore 257
32. Part VI National Movements
33. Chapter 22 1808: South American Liberation 271
34. Chapter 23 1848: European Revolutions 282
35. Chapter 24 1919: After Versailles 293
36. Chapter 25 1945: Post-Second World War Japan 304
37. Chapter 26 1989: Eastern Europe 312
38. Part VII Peoples’ Movements
39. Chapter 27 Anti-Slavery 325
40. Chapter 28 Women’s Suffrage 337
41. Chapter 29 Socialism, Communism, Anarchism 348
42. Chapter 30 Civil Rights 359
43. Part VIII Democracy Today
44. Chapter 31 South Africa 373
45. Chapter 32 Bolivia 385
46. Chapter 33 Georgia 397
47. Chapter 34 Iraq 407
48. Chapter 35 Burma 418
49. Chapter 36 China since Tiananmen Square 429
50. Chapter 37 Islam since 9/11 441
51. Part IX Futures and Possibilities
52. Chapter 38 Democracy Promotion 455
53. Chapter 39 Transnational Democracy 467
54. Chapter 40 Digital Democracy 479
55. Chapter 41 Radical Democracy 491
56. Chapter 42 Deliberative Democracy 502
57. Chapter 43 New Thinking 513
58. Conclusion: The Future History of Democracy 525
59. Notes on the Contributors 543
60. Index 547