Liberalism and Democracy

The longue durée of the relationship between liberalism and democracy

A magisterial introduction to the relationship between liberalism and democracy, from its beginnings in classical Greek thought to our own times.Liberalism and democracy have long been assumed to exist in a complementary relationship, if not always an entirely easy one. This book scrupulously investigates the reason for this alliance and the sources of its tensions, providing a lucid and succinct introduction to some of the subject's central concepts and concerns.