The No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy (The No-Nonsense Guides)

By Richard Swift

Book Overview

Explores how democracy has been constricted and deformed by economic power-brokers and a self-serving political class from Birmingham to Bangalore. Swift considers the different tools people in power have used to manipulate democratic principles, such as freedom, to their advantage. Includes chapter-length discussions of topics such as the economic meltdown, Barack Obama, eco-democracy, democratising the economy and democracy in the global south. It is also a guide to the rich diversity of forms of elected government full of practical advice for voters.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906523304
• ISBN13: 9781906523305
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: New Internationalist
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent concise source on Reality

If you never understand for example why with a trillion dollar budget America can't solve a simple problem like education or health care when smaller nations with smaller budgets have, look no further. This book explains the differences between economic democracy, which is what America as a capitalist-fascist nation is, and a political democracy, which is what most Americans think they have. It summarizes the history of humanitarian democracy which as fallen to the wayside as economic democracy has armored up, stockpiled her weapons, and run rampant around the globe in the name of "freedom" and "democracy." This book is straightforward, concise, economical and approahcable. It gives a crash course on economic injustices and why they continue to happen (and will probably continue until corruption destroys civilization and we start all over AGAIN)