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Description

This wide-ranging text identifies and assesses the main conceptions of democracy from participationist to elitist. It proceeds to consider in detail a range of key issues in democratic theory in relation to which these conceptions can be distinguished.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition
The Theoretical Challenge of Democracy
Forms of Democratic Government
The Justification of Democracy
Deliberation , Consensus and Political Equality
Participation as Democracy, Participation in Democracy
From Conceptions of Representation to Systems of Representation
Aggregation, Unanimity and Majority Rule
Democracy, Rights and Constitutionalism?
The Boundaries of Inclusion
International Relations and Democratic Ideals
Epilogue: The Democratic Reform of Democracy.

Product details

Published 29 Aug 2007
Format Hardback
Edition 2nd
Extent 292
ISBN 9780333948767
Imprint Red Globe Press
Dimensions Not specified
Series Issues in Political Theory
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Albert Weale

ALBERT WEALE is Professor of Government, Universit…

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