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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dahl, Robert A., 1915-2014 (Author), Shapiro, Ian (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
Edition:2nd edition.
Subjects:
Democracy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the Second Edition / Ian Shapiro
  • Note on the Text / Ian Shapiro
  • Do We Really Need a Guide?
  • Part 1: The Beginning. Where and How Did Democracy Develop? A Brief History ; What Lies Ahead?
  • Part 2: Ideal Democracy. What Is Democracy? ; Why Democracy? ; Why Political Equality I? Intrinsic Equality ; Why Political Equality II? Civil Competence
  • Part 3: Actual Democracy. What Political Institutions Does Large-Scale Democracy Require? ; Varieties I: Democracy on Different Scales ; Varieties II: Constitutions ; Varieties III: Parties and Electoral Systems
  • Part IV: Conditions Favorable And Unfavorable. What Underlying Conditions Favor Democracy? ; Why Market-Capitalism Favors Democracy ; Why Market-Capitalism Harms Democracy ; The Unfinished Journey
  • Part V: After On Democracy / Ian Shapiro. Continuing the Journey? ; Democracy and Inequality
  • Appendix A: On Electoral Systems
  • Appendix B: Political Accommodation in Culturally or Ethnically Divided Countries
  • Appendix C: On Counting Democratic Countries
  • Appendix D: On Counting Democratic Countries II
  • Notes
  • Further Reading
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.