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In praise of previous editions:

.".".brilliant introduction."" - New Statesman and Society

""From start to finish, Arblaster's book is stimulating and highly readable."" - Times Higher Educational Supplement

.".".an ideal first book to place in the hands of a student embarking on the study of democracy."" - Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics What is the meaning of democracy? Why has democracy provoked hostility in the past? Has the hostility entirely vanished? * How democratic are contemporary Western societies in reality and how might they be made more democratic? The...

This study examines the place of politics in opera, uncovering the political dimension of an art form all too often considered as purely aesthetic. It takes readers on a tour of 200 years of great opera, from The Marriage of Figaro to Nixon in China.