Democracy from Then to Now: From the First Democratic Thoughts in Ancient Greece to Democracy throughout the World Today

Abstract

This is a review of Eric Nilsen's recent monograph on the origins of democracy from ancient Greece until the present day. The book also discusses the difficulties associated with maintaining democracy.

Keywords

• Democracy
• Ancient Greece
• Rome
• Magna Charta
• American Declaration of Independence
• United States Constitution
• Great Britain
• United States
• Democratic States