TY - BOOK AU - Hobson,Christopher TI - The Rise of Democracy: Revolution, War and Transformations in International Politics since 1776 SN - 9780748692811 PB - Edinburgh University Press KW - Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy KW - bisacsh KW - Political Science / International Relations KW - History / Historiography KW - Political science KW - Electronic books N1 - Access copy available to the general public N2 - Little over 200 years ago, a quarter of a century of warfare with an 'outlaw state' brought the great powers of Europe to their knees. That state was the revolutionary democracy of France. Since then, there has been a remarkable transformation in the way democracy is understood and valued â€" today, it is the non-democractic states that are seen as rogue regimes. Now, Christopher Hobson explores democracy's remarkable rise from obscurity to centre stage in contemporary international relations UR - https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/cf2f8b25-03a9-4db5-8568-29c98d547ba3 ER -