Download or read book Persuasion, Power and Polity written by Gus DiZerega and published by Hampton Press (NJ). This book was released on 2000 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interpretation of classical sources of democratic theory describes routes to self-government. It meshes interpretations of Aristotle's political and ethical writings and the republican ideals of Jefferson and Madison with insights derived from modern sciences of complexity.