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It is one of the great ironies of contemporary politics that while the western powers proclaim the virtues of democracy to the rest of the world, they themselves seem to be losing faith in the legitimacy of popular governments.
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Further Reading
John Dunn, Setting the People Free. The Story of Democracy. Atlantic, 2005
Robert Fatton and R. K. Famazani (eds.), The Future of Liberal Democracy. Thomas Jefferson and the Contemporary World. Palgrave, 2004
A. D. Lindsay, The Modern Democratic State, OUP, 1943
A. S. P. Woodhouse (ed.), Puritanism and Liberty, Dent, 1951
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Turner, B. (2006). Two Cheers for Democracy. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook 2007. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271357_3
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