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On democracy

Title
On democracy / Robert A. Dahl with a new preface and two new chapters by Ian Shapiro.
Author
Dahl, Robert A., 1915-2014
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]

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Additional Authors
Shapiro, Ian
Description
xiv, 257 pages : illustrations; 20 cm
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index.
Contents
Do we really need a guide? -- Beginning -- Where and how did democracy develop? a brief history -- What lies ahead? -- Ideal democracy -- What is democracy? -- Why democracy? -- Why political equality I? Intrinsic equality -- Why political equality II? Civil competence -- 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 -- Conditions favorable and unfavorable -- What underlying conditions favor democracy? -- Why market-capitalism favors democracy -- Why market-capitalism harms democracy -- Unfinished journey -- After On democracy / Ian Shapiro -- Continuing the journey? -- Democracy and inequality.
Call Number
JFD 15-3550
ISBN
  • 0300194463
  • 9780300194463
OCLC
914295241
Author
Dahl, Robert A., 1915-2014, author.
Title
On democracy / Robert A. Dahl with a new preface and two new chapters by Ian Shapiro.
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
Edition
Second edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index.
Added Author
Shapiro, Ian, author.
Research Call Number
JFD 15-3550
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