This was not a phenomenon to one specific region. This was nothing that got invented in one place and at one time. It seems to have emerged independently in a wide, wide variety of human societies at different points in time. And to me, that sounds like something that occurs naturally.

David Stasavage

A full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com.

David Stasavage is the Dean of Social Sciences and a Professor of Politics at New York University. His latest book is called The Decline and Rise of Democracy.

Key Highlights Include

• A description of early democracy with an example of the Huron people
• Why autocracy arose through the example of Ancient China
• How bureaucracy and the state changed governance
• How English history shaped modern democracy
• What modern democracy can learn from early forms of democracy

Key Links

The Decline and Rise of Democracy by David Stasavage

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