Preface
Introduction: Democracy—Triumph or Crisis?
Part One: Traditional Affirmations of Democracy
Introduction
1. Pericles, Funeral Oration
2. Aristotle, The Politics
3. Niccoló Machiavelli, The Discourses
4. Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
5. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
6. James Madison (et al.), The Federalist Papers
7. John Stuart Mill, Representative Government
8. Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
9. The Putney Debates
10. Thomas Paine, The Rights of Man
11. The National Assembly of France, Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
12. Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address
13. Joseph A. Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Part Two: Key Concepts
Section 1: Freedom and Autonomy
Introduction
14. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
15. Immanuel Kant, On the Common Saying: 'This May Be True in Theory but It Does Not Apply in Practice'
16. Benjamin Constant, The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with that of the Moderns
17. Isaiah Berlin, Two Concepts of Liberty
18. Robert Paul Wolff, In Defense of Anarchism
Section 2: Equality
Introduction
19. John Locke, The Second Treatise of Government
20. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
21. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
22. R. H. Tawney, Equality
23. Bernard Williams, The Idea of Equality
Section 3: Representation
Introduction
24. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
/I>Speech at the Conclusion of the Poll, 3 November 1774
26. James Mill, Essay on Government
27. Hannah Fenichel Pitkin, The Concept of Representation
28. Anne Phillips, The Politics of Presence
29. Iris Marion Young, Justice and the Politics of Difference
30. Michael Bakunin, The Illusion of Universal Suffrage
31. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Parliamentary Isolation
Section 4: Majority Rule
Introduction
32. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
33. Richard Wolheim, A Paradox in the Theory of Democracy
34. John Stuart Mill, Representative Government
35. Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
36. Giovanni Sartori, The Theory of Democracy Revisited
37. Robert A. Dahl, Polyarchy, Participation and Opposition
Section 5. Citizenship
Introduction
38. Aristotle, The Politics
39. T. H. Marshall, Class, Citizenship and Social Development
40. W. H. Sewell, Jr, Le Citoyen/La Citoyenne
41. Will Kymlicka and Wayne Norman, The Return of the Citizen
Part Three: Critiques of Democracy
Section 6: Marxist and Socialist Critiques
Introduction
42. Karl Marx, On the Jewish Question
43. Karl Marx, The Civil War in France
44. Vladimir Ilich Lenin, The State and Revolution
45. R. Miliband, Marxism and Politics
46. C. B. Macpherson, Democratic Theory, Essays in Retrieval
Section 7: Conservative, Elitist and Authoritarian Critiques
Introduction
47. Plato, The Republic
48. Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
49. Roger Scruton, The Meaning of Conservatism
50. Benito Mussolini, The Doctrine of Fascism
51. Carl Schmitt, The Concept of the Political
52. Max Weber, Economy and Society
53. Robert Michels, Political Parties
54. Giovanni Sartori, Anti-Elitism Revisited
55. Joseph A. Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Section 8: Feminist Critiques
Introduction
56. Mary Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman
57. Diana Coole, Women in Political Theory
58. Sheila Rowbotham, Feminism and Democracy
59. Susan Mendus, Losing the Faith, Feminism and Democracy
Part Four: Contemporary Issues
Section 9: Rational Choice
Introduction
60. Amartya Sen, The Possibility of Social Choice
61. Kenneth J. Arrow, Social Choice and Individual Values
62. Anthony Downs, An Economic Theory of Democracy
63. Brian Barry, Political Participation as Rational Action
Section 10: The Market
Introduction
64. F. A. Hayek, The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism
65. Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom
66. David Beetham, Liberal Democracy and the Limits of Democratization
67. Hilary Wainwright, Arguments for a New Left
Section 11: Nationalism
Introduction
68. Ghia Nodia, Nationalism and Democracy
69. David Miller, On Nationality
70. John Schwarzmantel, The Concepts of the Nation
Section 12: Multiculturalism
Introduction
71. Charles Taylor, The Dynamics of Democratic Exclusion
72. Will Kymlicka, Multicultural Citizenship
73. Iris Marion Young, Justice and the Politics of Difference
74. Charles W. Mills, The Racial Contract
Section 13: Beyond the West
Introduction
75. Amartya Sen, Democracy as a Universal Value
76. Bhikhu Parekh, The Cultural Particularity of Liberal Democracy
77. J. Silverstein, The Idea of Freedom in Burma
78. Andrew J. Nathan, Chinese Democracy
Section 14: Participation
Introduction
79. Geraint Parry and George Moyser, More Participation, More Democracy?
80. Benjamin R. Barber, Strong Democracy
81. Hanna Fenichel Pitkin and Sara M. Shumer, On Participation
82. Michael Walzer, A Day in the Life of a Socialist Citizen
83. Bernard R. Berelson, Paul F. Lazarsfeld, and William N. McPhee, Voting: A Study of Opinion Formation in a Presidential Campaign
84. Carole Pateman, Participation and Democratic Theory
Section 15: Civil Society
Introduction
85: Jean L. Cohen and Andrew Arato, Civil Society and Political Theory
86. Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone
87. Paul Hirst, Associative Principles and Democratic Reform
Section 16: Deliberation
Introduction
88. Ricardo Blaug, New Developments in Deliberative Democracy
89. B. Manin, On Legitimacy and Political Deliberation
90. Jürgen Habermas, The Public Sphere: An Encyclopedia Article
91. J. S. Fishkin, The Dialogue of Justice: Toward a Self-Reflective Society
Section 17: The Future of Democracy
Introduction
92. Chantal Mouffe, Radical Democracy: Modern or Post-Modern?
93. Barbara Epstein, Radical Democracy and Cultural Politics: What About Class? What About Political Power?
94. John Stewart, Thinking Collectively in the Public Domain
95. Barry N. Hague and Brian D. Loader, Digital Democracy: An Introduction
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