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Your collection of key texts on Democracy, from classical political philosophy to the present day.
99 individual readings: view the full table of contents.
Put together specially for students of democracy, this invaluable reader gathers key statements from political thinkers, explained and contextualised with editorial commentaries. 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.
Key Features:
. Includes seminal statements from the most influential political thinkers including Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseau, de Tocqueville, Kant, Wollstonecraft, Schumpeter, Berlin, Marx, Lenin, Phillips, Young, Dahl, Kymlicka, Parekh, Walzer, Hayek, Habermas, Scruton and Mouffe
. With a general introduction to guide you through democracy's historical complexity and current areas of controversy and an extensive bibliography that follows the same structure as the text to help you deepen your study
New for this edition:
. Substantially updated to reflect the changing circumstances of democracy in our modern, interconnected and conflict-ridden world
. Contains a new introduction and 29 new readings published since the first edition
. New sections on globalisation, religion, information technology and violence
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.
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Your collection of key texts on Democracy, from classical political philosophy to the present day.
99 individual readings: view the full table of contents.
Put together specially for students of democracy, this invaluable reader gathers key statements from political thinkers, explained and contextualised with editorial commentaries. 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.
Key Features:
. Includes seminal statements from the most influential political thinkers including Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseau, de Tocqueville, Kant, Wollstonecraft, Schumpeter, Berlin, Marx, Lenin, Phillips, Young, Dahl, Kymlicka, Parekh, Walzer, Hayek, Habermas, Scruton and Mouffe
. With a general introduction to guide you through democracy's historical complexity and current areas of controversy and an extensive bibliography that follows the same structure as the text to help you deepen your study
New for this edition:
. Substantially updated to reflect the changing circumstances of democracy in our modern, interconnected and conflict-ridden world
. Contains a new introduction and 29 new readings published since the first edition
. New sections on globalisation, religion, information technology and violence
