Democracy and its critics

by Dahl, Robert A.

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Full title :Democracy and its critics / Robert A. Dahl.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1989.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Yale University Press
Place of Publication:New Haven
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1989.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (viii, 397 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0585357277, 9780585357270
oclc:ocm47011345
LC Classification:JC423
Dewey Decimal:321.8

Part one: The sources of modern democracy. The first transformation: to the democratic city-state ; Toward the second transformation: republicanism, representation, and the logic of equality -- Part two: Adversarial critics. Anarchism ; Guardianship ; A critique of guardianship -- Part three: A theory of the democratic process. Justifications: the idea of equal intrinsic worth ; Personal autonomy ; A theory of the democratic process ; The problem of inclusion -- Part four: Problems in the democratic process. Majority rule and the democratic process ; Is there a better alternative? ; Process and substance ; Process versus process ; When is a people entitled to the democratic process? -- Part five: The limits and possibilities of democracy. The second democratic transformation: from the city-state to the nation-state ; Democracy, polyarchy, and participation ; How polyarchy developed in some countries and not others ; Why polyarchy developed in some countries and not others ; Is minority domination inevitable? ; Pluralism, polyarchy, and the common good ; The common good as process and substance -- Part six: Toward a third transformation. Democracy in tomorrow's world ; Sketches for…