{"product_id":"democracy-in-darkness-by-katlyn-marie-carter-9780300246926","title":"Democracy in Darkness","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow debates over secrecy and transparency in politics during the eighteenth century shaped modern democracy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDoes democracy die in darkness, as the saying suggests? \u003cem\u003eDemocracy in Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e, set in the Age of Revolutions, reveals that modern democracy was born in secrecy—despite the widespread conviction that transparency was key to self-government.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing extensive archival research in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, Katlyn Marie Carter shows how state secrecy became associated with despotism in the lead-up to the American and French revolutions. But as revolutionaries sought to fashion representative government, they faced a dilemma: Where did secrecy fit in a context where gaining public trust seemed to demand transparency? Whether in Philadelphia or Paris, establishing popular sovereignty required navigating between an ideological imperative to eradicate secrets from the state and a practical need to limit transparency in government. The prolonged fight over this contradiction determined the character and durability of the first representative democracies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnveiling modern democracy’s surprisingly shadowy origins, Carter reshapes our understanding of how government by and for the people emerged during the Age of Revolutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430566183148,"sku":"9780300246926","price":71.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300246926.jpg?v=1774559057","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/democracy-in-darkness-by-katlyn-marie-carter-9780300246926","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}