Top Quotes & Sayings by Mark Mazower

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British historian Mark Mazower.

Last updated on September 19, 2024.

Mark Mazower is a British historian. His expertise are Greece, the Balkans and, more generally, 20th-century Europe. He is Ira D. Wallach Professor of History at Columbia University in New York City

British - Historian | Born: 1958

Source: Wikipedia

Democracy suits Europeans today partly because it is associated with the triumph of capitalism and partly because it involves less commitment or intrusion into their lives than any of the alternatives. Europeans accept democracy because they no longer believe in politics. It is for this reason that we find both high levels of support for democracy in cross-national opinion polls and high rates of political apathy.