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Pre-Order The Shortest History of Democracy Discount war or will the demagogues andFrom its beginnings in Syria Mesopotamia and not Athens to its role in fomenting revolutionary fervour in France and America, democracy has subverted fixed ways of deciding who should enjoy power and privilege, and why. For democracy encourages people to do something radical: to come together as equals, to determine their own lives and futures. In this vigorous, illuminating history, acclaimed political thinker John Keane traces its byzantine history,