On democracy / Robert A. Dahl
- Bib ID:
- 2087236
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Dahl, Robert Alan, 1915-
- Printer:
- 2000 [printing]
- Description:
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- New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, c1998
- v, 217 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0300076274 (alkaline paper)
- 0300084552 (paperback)
- Series:
- Yale nota bene.
- Summary:
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The last half of the twentieth century has been an era of democratic triumph. The main antidemocratic regimes - communist, fascist, Nazi - have disappeared, and new democracies are emerging vigorously or tentatively throughout the world. In this book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our time provides a primer on democracy that clarifies what it is, why it is valuable, how it works, and what challenges it confronts in the future.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Do We Really Need a Guide?
- 2. Where and How Did Democracy Develop? A Brief History
- 3. What Lies Ahead?
- 4. What Is Democracy?
- 5. Why Democracy?
- 6. Why Political Equality I? Intrinsic Equality
- 7. Why Political Equality II? Civic Competence
- 8. What Political Institutions Does Large-Scale Democracy Require?
- 9. Varieties I: Democracy on Different Scales
- 10. Varieties II: Constitutions
- 11. Varieties III: Parties and Electoral Systems
- 12. What Underlying Conditions Favor Democracy?
- 13. Why Market-Capitalism Favors Democracy
- 14. Why Market-Capitalism Harms Democracy
- 15. The Unfinished Journey
- App. A. On Electoral Systems
- App. B. Political Accommodation in Culturally or Ethnically Divided Countries
- App. C. On Counting Democratic Countries.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Democracy
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2085 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2015
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1998
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