On democracy /
"A primer on democracy that clarifies what it is, why it is valuable, how it works, and what challenges it confronts in the future."--Jacket.
| Основен автор: | Dahl, Robert Alan, 1915- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New Haven :
Yale University Press,
1998.
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Съдържание:
- Do we really need a guide?
- Beginning
- Where and how did democracy develop? a brief history
- What lies ahead?
- Ideal democarcy
- 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.