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Put together specially for students of democracy, this invaluable reader gathers key statements from political thinkers, explained and contextualised with editorial commentaries. This new edition includes a new introduction, new sections and 29 new readings published since the first edition. Arranged into four sections †“ Traditional Affirmations of Democracy, Key Concepts, Critiques of Democracy and Contemporary Issues †“ it covers democratic thinking in a remarkably broad way. A general introduction highlights democracy's historical complexity and guides you through the current areas of controversy. The extensive bibliography follows the same structure as the text to help you deepen your study.
Put together specially for students of democracy, this invaluable reader gathers key statements from political thinkers, explained and contextualised with editorial commentaries. This new edition includes a new introduction, new sections and 29 new readings published since the first edition.
Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction: Democracy †“ Triumph or Crisis?; PART ONE: Traditional Affirmations of Democracy; PART TWO: Key Concepts; Section 1: Freedom and Autonomy; Section 2: Equality; Section 3: Representation; Section 4: Majority Rule; Section 5: Citizenship; PART THREE: Critiques of Democracy; Section 6: Conservative, Elitist and Authoritarian critiques; Section 7: Marxist and Socialist Critiques; Section 8: Feminist Critiques; PART FOUR: Contemporary Issues; Section 9: The Market; Section 10: Civil Society; Section 11: Participation; Section 12: The Internet; Section 13: Nationalism; Section 14: Cosmopolitan Democracy; Section 15: Religion; Section 16: Multiculturalism; Section 17: Democracy and Violence; Bibliography; Index.
Chapter
PART ONE Traditional Affirmations of Democracy
Traditional Affirmations of Democracy Introduction
7 Representative Government
11 Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
12 The Gettysburg Address
13 Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
SECTION I Freedom and Autonomy
Freedom and Autonomy Introduction
15 On The Common Saying: ‘This May Be True In Theory But It Does Not Apply In Practice’
16 The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with that of the Moderns
17 Two Concepts of Liberty
18 In Defense of Anarchism
19 The Second Treatise of Government
21 A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
Representation Introduction
25 Speech at the Conclusion of the Poll, 3 November 1774
27 The Concept of Representation
28 The Politics of Presence
29 Justice and the Politics of Difference
30 The Illusion of Universal Suffrage
31 Parliamentary Isolation
Majority Rule Introduction
33 A Paradox in the Theory of Democracy
34 Representative Government
36 The Theory of Democracy Revisited
38 Class, Citizenship and Social Development
39 The Return of the Citizen
40 Civic Republicanism and Citizenship: The Challenge for Today
PART THREE Critiques of Democracy
SECTION 6 Conservative, Elitist and Authoritarian Critiques
Conservative, Elitist and Authoritarian Critiques Introduction
42 Reflections on the Revolution in France
43 The Meaning of Conservatism
44 The Doctrine of Fascism
45 The Concept of the Political
48 Anti-Elitism Revisited
49 Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Section 7 Marxist and Socialist Critiques
Marxist and Socialist Critiques Introduction
50 On the Jewish Question
51 The Civil War in France
52 The State and Revolution
54 Democratic Theory, Essays in Retrieval
Section 8 Feminist Critiques
Feminist Critiques Introduction
55 Vindication of the Rights of Woman
56 Women in Political Theory
57 Feminism and Democracy
58 Losing the Faith: Feminism and Democracy
PART FOUR CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
59 The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism
60 Ethics, Efficiency, and the Market
61 Capitalism and Freedom
62 Liberal Democracy and the Limits of Democratization
63 Arguments for a New Left
64 Wealth Accumulates and Democracy Decays
65 American Nightmare: Neoliberalism, Neoconservatism, and De--Democratization
Civil Society Introduction
66 Civil Society and Political Theory
68 Associative Principles and Democratic Reform
Participation introduction
69 More Participation, More Democracy?
71 Participation and Democratic Theory
72 The Two Faces of Political Apathy
73 What Deliberative Democracy Means
The Internet Introduction
74 Politics: Deliberation, Mobilization, and Networked Practices of Agitation
75 Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age
76 The Net Delusion: How Not to Liberate the World
77 Nationalism and Democracy
78 Citizenship and National Identity
79 ‘The People’, Identity and Democracy
80 Nationalism and Democracy
Section 14 Cosmopolitan Democracy
Cosmopolitan Democracy Introduction
81 Methodological Cosmopolitanism
82 The Practice of Global Citizenship
84 Global Democracy and Its Setbacks
85 The Post--National Constellation and the Future of Democracy
86 The Prospect of ‘Post--Westphalian’ Intervention
87 Islam and Democracy: WHAT IS THE REAL QUESTION?
88 Public Islam and the Problem of Democratization
90 Whither Democracy? Religion, Politics and Islam
91 The Life and Death of Democracy
Section 16 Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism Introduction
92 The Dynamics of Democratic Exclusion
93 Multicultural Citizenship
94 Justice and the Politics of Difference
Section 17 democracy and violence
Democracy and Violence Introduction
97 Two Versions of ‘We, the People’
Democracy
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