Cultural History of Autonomous American Democracy

Author: (USA) Robert H. Whealey
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This book, Self-Governance: A Cultural History of American Democracy, by the renowned historian Robert Whealey at Northwestern University, examines the growth of American democracy and analyzes various factors influencing its development, as well as the evolution of the American democratic system. As a seasoned scholar of American democratic history, Professor Robert Whealey offers insightful research and analysis of the cultural history of American democracy, which, to some extent, reveals certain patterns in the growth and evolution of democratic systems. From the picture of the American democratic system presented by the author, it is evident that even today, the U.S. democratic system still has many shortcomings. It can be imagined that if the "model" of Western democracy, such as the United States, still faces such issues, then it is not surprising that the democratic systems in many recently democratized countries and regions, due to the influence of local historical and cultural factors, as well as socio-economic conditions, exhibit various distortions and variations in their growth and development.