Democracy

A Reader

Ricardo Blaug, John Schwarzmantel

• Publisher: EUP
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9780748696130
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Democracy
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Put together specially for students of democracy, this invaluable reader gathers key statements from political thinkers, explained and contextualised with editorial commentaries. This new edition includes a new introduction, new sections and 29 new readings published since the first edition. Arranged into four sections – Traditional Affirmations of Democracy, Key Concepts, Critiques of Democracy and Contemporary Issues – it covers democratic thinking in a remarkably broad way. A general introduction highlights democracy's historical complexity and guides you through the current areas of controversy. The extensive bibliography follows the same structure as the text to help you deepen your study.

Table of contents

• Title page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: Democracy - Triumph or Crisis?
• PART ONE Traditional Affirmations of Democracy
• Traditional Affirmations of Democracy Introduction
• 1 Funeral Oration
• 2 The Politics
• 3 The Discourses
• 4 Leviathan
• 5 The Social Contract
• 6 The Federalist Papers
• 7 Representative Government
• 8 Democracy in America
• 9 The Putney Debates
• 10 Rights of Man
• 11 Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
• 12 The Gettysburg Address
• 13 Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
• PART TWO Key Concepts
• SECTION I Freedom and Autonomy
• Freedom and Autonomy Introduction
• 14 The Social Contract
• 15 On The Common Saying: ‘This May Be True In Theory But It Does Not Apply In Practice’
• 16 The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with that of the Moderns
• 17 Two Concepts of Liberty
• 18 In Defense of Anarchism
• SECTION 2 Equality
• Equality Introduction
• 19 The Second Treatise of Government
• 20 The Social Contract
• 21 A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
• 22 Equality
• 23 The Idea of Equality
• SECTION 3 Representation
• Representation Introduction
• 24 The Social Contract
• 25 Speech at the Conclusion of the Poll, 3 November 1774
• 26 Essay on Government
• 27 The Concept of Representation
• 28 The Politics of Presence
• 29 Justice and the Politics of Difference
• 30 The Illusion of Universal Suffrage
• 31 Parliamentary Isolation
• SECTION 4 Majority Rule
• Majority Rule Introduction
• 32 The Social Contract
• 33 A Paradox in the Theory of Democracy
• 34 Representative Government
• 35 Democracy in America
• 36 The Theory of Democracy Revisited
• SECTION 5 Citizenship
• Citizenship Introduction
• 37 The Politics
• 38 Class, Citizenship and Social Development
• 39 The Return of the Citizen
• 40 Civic Republicanism and Citizenship: The Challenge for Today
• PART THREE Critiques of Democracy
• SECTION 6 Conservative, Elitist and Authoritarian Critiques
• Conservative, Elitist and Authoritarian Critiques Introduction
• 41 The Republic
• 42 Reflections on the Revolution in France
• 43 The Meaning of Conservatism
• 44 The Doctrine of Fascism
• 45 The Concept of the Political
• 46 Economy and Society
• 47 Political Parties
• 48 Anti-Elitism Revisited
• 49 Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
• Section 7 Marxist and Socialist Critiques
• Marxist and Socialist Critiques Introduction
• 50 On the Jewish Question
• 51 The Civil War in France
• 52 The State and Revolution
• 53 Marxism and Politics
• 54 Democratic Theory, Essays in Retrieval
• Section 8 Feminist Critiques
• Feminist Critiques Introduction
• 55 Vindication of the Rights of Woman
• 56 Women in Political Theory
• 57 Feminism and Democracy
• 58 Losing the Faith: Feminism and Democracy
• PART FOUR CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
• SECTION 9 The Market
• The Market Introduction
• 59 The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism
• 60 Ethics, Efficiency, and the Market
• 61 Capitalism and Freedom
• 62 Liberal Democracy and the Limits of Democratization
• 63 Arguments for a New Left
• 64 Wealth Accumulates and Democracy Decays
• 65 American Nightmare: Neoliberalism, Neoconservatism, and De--Democratization
• SECTION 10 Civil Society
• Civil Society Introduction
• 66 Civil Society and Political Theory
• 67 Bowling Alone
• 68 Associative Principles and Democratic Reform
• Section 11 Participation
• Participation introduction
• 69 More Participation, More Democracy?
• 70 On Participation
• 71 Participation and Democratic Theory
• 72 The Two Faces of Political Apathy
• 73 What Deliberative Democracy Means
• Section 12 The Internet
• The Internet Introduction
• 74 Politics: Deliberation, Mobilization, and Networked Practices of Agitation
• 75 Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age
• 76 The Net Delusion: How Not to Liberate the World
• Section 13 Nationalism
• Nationalism Introduction
• 77 Nationalism and Democracy
• 78 Citizenship and National Identity
• 79 ‘The People’, Identity and Democracy
• 80 Nationalism and Democracy
• Section 14 Cosmopolitan Democracy
• Cosmopolitan Democracy Introduction
• 81 Methodological Cosmopolitanism
• 82 The Practice of Global Citizenship
• 83 World Citizenship
• 84 Global Democracy and Its Setbacks
• 85 The Post--National Constellation and the Future of Democracy
• 86 The Prospect of ‘Post--Westphalian’ Intervention
• Section 15 Religion
• Religion Introduction
• 87 Islam and Democracy: WHAT IS THE REAL QUESTION?
• 88 Public Islam and the Problem of Democratization
• 89 Habermas and Religion
• 90 Whither Democracy? Religion, Politics and Islam
• 91 The Life and Death of Democracy
• Section 16 Multiculturalism
• Multiculturalism Introduction
• 92 The Dynamics of Democratic Exclusion
• 93 Multicultural Citizenship
• 94 Justice and the Politics of Difference
• 95 The Racial Contract
• Section 17 democracy and violence
• Democracy and Violence Introduction
• 96 On Violence
• 97 Two Versions of ‘We, the People’
• 98 New Forms of Violence
• 99 Global Frontier--land
• Bibliography
• Index