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

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