In this stunning and panoramic survey, Brian Roper sheds enormous light on the theory and practice of democracy across the ages' - David McNally, Professor of Political Science, York University, author of Another World is Possible and Global Slump 'Democracy is the product of intense class struggles rather than the incremental decisions of enlightened lawmakers. Brian Roper's insightful and coherent survey convincingly makes this argument through a series of accessible studies that range from ancient Athens through the English Civil War to the workers' revolutions of the 19th and 20th centuries' - Rick Kuhn, Deutscher Prize winner, Reader in Politics at the Australian National University | The History Of Democracy by Brian S. Roper, Paperback | Indigo Chapters