Democracy and its critics

Robert A. Dahl

In this book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our era makes a statement about what democracy is and why it is important. Robert Dahl examines the most basic assumptions of democratic theory, tests them against the questions raised by its critics, and recasts the theory of democracy in a new and coherent whole. He concludes by discussing the directions in which democracy must move if advanced democratic states are to exist in the future.

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[目次]

  • Part 1 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 2 Adversarial critics: anarchism
  • guardianship
  • a critique of guardianship. Part 3 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 4 Problems in the democratic process: majority rule and the democratic process
  • majority rule - practise
  • process and substance
  • process versus process
  • when is a people entitled to the democratic process? Part 5 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
  • is minority domination inevitable?
  • pluralism, polyarchy and the common good
  • common good as process and substance. Part 6 Toward a third transformation: democracy in tomorrow's world
  • sketches for an advanced democratic country.

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書名 Democracy and its critics
著作者等 Dahl, Robert A.
Dahl Robert A.
出版元 Yale University Press
刊行年月 c1989
版表示 New ed
ページ数 viii, 397 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 0300044097
9780300049381
NCID BA07458306
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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