Can Democracy Work?: A Short History of a Radical Idea
b'James Miller\\xa0is a professor of politics and liberal studies at the New School for Social Research. He is the author of the critically acclaimed\\xa0Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche; The Passion of Michel Foucault; Flowers in the Dustbin: The Rise of Rock and Roll, 1947-1977; and\\xa0Democracy Is in the Streets: From Port Huron to the Siege of Chicago. He is the author of\\xa0Can Democracy Work?: A Short History of a Radical Idea, from Ancient Athens to Our World\\xa0(Farrar, Straus and Giroux). Today, democracy is the world\\u2019s only broadly accepted political system, and yet it has become synonymous with disappointment and crisis. How did it come to this? In\\xa0Can Democracy Work?James Miller offers a lively, surprising, and urgent history of the democratic idea from its first stirrings to the present. As he shows, democracy has always been rife with inner tensions. Ranging from the theaters of Athens to the tents of Occupy Wall Street,\\xa0Can Democracy Work?\\xa0is an entertaining and insightful guide to our most cherished\\u2015and vexed\\u2015ideal.\\n\\nAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands\\n\\nPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy'