Democracy and Dictatorship: The Nature and Limits of State Power

Norberto Bobbio

U of Minnesota Press, 1989 - Democracy - 186 pages

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This book contains four scholarly essays. It's always a pleasure to read Bobbio and his historical analyses of political concepts certainly don't lack academic learning. But the essays are a bit too ...

Contents

• The evaluative use of the great dichotomy: 9
• The second meaning of the dichotomy: 17
• The Marxian interpretation: 27
• The natural law tradition: 34
• State Power and Government: 44
• The name and the thing: 57
• The state and power: 69
• The foundation of power: 81
• State and law: 89
• The forms of government: 100
• Forms of state: 111
• The end of the state: 125
• Democracy and Dictatorship: 133
• The historical use: 145
• Representative democracy and direct democracy: 152
• Ancient dictatorship: 158
• Bibliography: 167

About the author

Norberto Bobbio was one of Italy s foremost thinkers. He taught at a number of universities, including Siena, Padua and Turin; his other works include Left and Right and Democracy and Dictatorship: The Nature and Limits of State Power.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Democracy and Dictatorship: The Nature and Limits of State Power
• Author: Norberto Bobbio
• Publisher: U of Minnesota Press, 1989
• ISBN: 0816618135, 9780816618132
• Length: 186 pages