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Author
Title
On democracy / Robert A. Dahl.
Published
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [1998]
Copyright
©1998
Call Number
JC423 .D2497 1998
Variant Title
On spine: Dahl on democracy.
ISBN
0300076274 (alk. paper)
Description
v, 217 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)38989866
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
1
Do We Really Need a Guide?
1
2
Where and How Did Democracy Develop? A Brief History
7
3
What Lies Ahead?
26
4
What Is Democracy?
35
5
Why Democracy?
44
6
Why Political Equality I? Intrinsic Equality
62
7
Why Political Equality II? Civic Competence
69
8
What Political Institutions Does Large-Scale Democracy Require?
83
9
Varieties I: Democracy on Different Scales
100
10
Varieties II: Constitutions
119
11
Varieties III: Parties and Electoral Systems
130
12
What Underlying Conditions Favor Democracy?
145
13
Why Market-Capitalism Favors Democracy
166
14
Why Market-Capitalism Harms Democracy
173
15
The Unfinished Journey
180
App. A
On Electoral Systems
189
App. B
Political Accommodation in Culturally or Ethnically Divided Countries
192
App. C
On Counting Democratic Countries
196
Notes
201
Further Reading
209
Acknowledgments
213
Index
215