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On democracy

Dahl, Robert A. 1915-2014 (Author).

Summary: "A primer on democracy that clarifies what it is, why it is valuable, how it works, and what challenges it confronts in the future."--Jacket.

Item details

ISBN: 0300076274 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780300076271 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
v, 217 p. : ill ; 21 cm.
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1998.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-212) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Do we really need a guide? -- Beginning -- Where and how did democracy develop? a brief history -- What lies ahead? -- Ideal democarcy -- What is democracy? -- Why democracy? -- Why political equality I? Intrinsic equality -- Why political equality II? Civil competence -- Actual democracy -- What political institutions does large-scale democracy require? -- Varieties I: democracy on different scales -- Varieties II: constitutions -- Varieties III: parties and electoral systems -- Conditions favorable and unfavorable -- What underlying conditions favor democracy? -- Why market-capitalism favors democracy -- Why market-capitalism harms democracy -- Unfinished journey.

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Democracy
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