UID:
edocfu_9959230441202883
Format:
1 online resource
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
0-300-23332-9
Content:
Written by the preeminent democratic theorist of our time, this book explains the nature, value, and mechanics of democracy. This new edition includes two additional chapters by Ian Shapiro, Dahl’s successor as Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale and a leading contemporary authority on democracy. One chapter deals with the prospects for democracy in light of developments since the advent of the Arab spring in 2010. The other takes up the effects of inequality and money in politics on the quality of democracy, a subject that was of increasing concern to Dahl in his final years. “The late Robert Dahl’s On Democracy is the source for how to govern democratically. Following the methods and channeling the insight of Dahl, Ian Shapiro’s new edition completes Dahl’s project and is must reading for the next generation and essential re-reading for the present.”—Michael Doyle, Columbia University “Dahl’s tersest summary of the lessons of his profoundly influential interrogation of democracy’s strengths and weaknesses. Ian Shapiro shows forcefully what we have learned since its initial publication.”—John Dunn, author of Breaking Democracy’s Spell “Robert A. Dahl’s On Democracy admirably synthesized the contributions of the world’s leading democratic theorist of the twentieth century. Now Ian Shapiro intelligently carries Dahl’s queries and concerns into our own century.”—Robert D. Putnam, author of Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface to the Second Edition --
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Note on the Text --
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CHAPTER 1. Do We Really Need a Guide? --
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PART I. The Beginning --
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CHAPTER 2. Where and How Did Democracy Develop? --
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CHAPTER 3. What Lies Ahead? --
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PART II. Ideal Democracy --
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CHAPTER 4. What Is Democracy? --
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CHAPTER 5. Why Democracy? --
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CHAPTER 6. Why Political Equality I69? INTRINSIC EQUALITY --
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CHAPTER 7. Why Political Equality II? CIVIC COMPETENCE --
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PART III. Actual Democracy --
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CHAPTER 8. What Political Institutions Does Large-Scale Democracy Require? --
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CHAPTER 9. Varieties I: DEMOCRACY ON DIFFERENT SCALES --
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CHAPTER 10. Varieties II: CONSTITUTIONS --
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CHAPTER 11. Varieties III: PARTIES AND ELECTORAL SYSTEMS --
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PART IV. Conditions Favorable and Unfavorable --
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CHAPTER 12. What Underlying Conditions Favor Democracy? --
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CHAPTER 13. Why Market-Capitalism Favors Democracy --
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CHAPTER 14. Why Market- Capitalism Harms Democracy --
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CHAPTER 15. The Unfinished Journey --
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Part V. After On Democracy --
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Chapter 16. Continuing the Journey? --
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Chapter 17. Democracy and Inequality --
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APPENDIX A .On Electoral Systems --
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APPENDIX B. Political Accommodation in Culturally or Ethnically Divided Countries --
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APPENDIX C. On Counting Democratic Countries --
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Appendix D. On Counting Democratic Countries II --
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NOTES --
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FOR FURTHER READING --
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
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Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-300-19446-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300233322
