Part One.

Traditional Affirmations of Democracy

Introduction

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1. Funeral Oration

Pericles

Pages 25-27
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2. The Politics

Aristotle

Pages 28-32
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3. The Discourses

Machiavelli, Niccolò

Pages 33-36
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4. Leviathan

Hobbes, Thomas

Pages 37-42
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5. The Social Contract

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Pages 43-51
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6. The Federalist Papers

Madison, James

Pages 52-57
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 7. Representative Government

Mill, John Stuart

Pages 58-66
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8. Democracy in America

Tocqueville, Alexis de

Pages 67-76
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9. The Putney Debates

Pages 77-82
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10. Rights of Man

Paine, Thomas

Pages 83-86
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11. Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

Pages 87-89
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12. The Gettysburg Address

Lincoln, Abraham

Pages 90-90
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13. Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

Pages 91-94
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Part Two. Key Concepts

Section 1: Freedom and Autonomy

Introduction
 Pages 98-99
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14. The Social Contract

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Pages 100-101
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15. On the Common Saying: ‘This May Be True in Theory but it Does not
Apply in Practice’

Kant, Immanuel

Pages 102-107
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16. The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with that of the Moderns

Constant, Benjamin

Pages 108-110
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17. Two Concepts of Liberty

Berlin, Isaiah

Pages 111-114
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18. In Defense of Anarchism

Wolff, Robert Paul

Pages 115-116
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Section 2: Equality

Introduction

Pages 118-119
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19. The Second Treatise of Government

Locke, John
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20. The Social Contract

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Pages 124-126
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21. A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Pages 127-129
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22. Equality

Tawney, R. H.

Pages 130-134
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23. The Idea of Equality

Williams, Bernard

Pages 135-140
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Section 3: Representation

Introduction

Pages 142-144
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24. The Social Contract

Pages 145-147
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25. Speech at the Conclusion of the Poll, 3 November 1774

Pages 148-150
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26. Essay on Government

 Mill, James

Pages 151-154
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27. The Concept of Representation

Pitkin, Hanna Fenichel

Pages 155-158
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28. The Politics of Presence

Phillips, Anne

Pages 159-162
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29. Justice and the Politics of Difference

Young, Iris Marion

Pages 163-166
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30. The Illusion of Universal Suffrage

Bakunin, Michael

Pages 167-169
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31. Parliamentary Isolation

Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph

Pages 170-170
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Section 4: Majority Rule

Introduction

Pages 172-173
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32. The Social Contract

 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Pages 174-176
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33. A Paradox in the Theory of Democracy

Wollheim, Richard

Pages 177-178
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34. Representative Government

Mill, John Stuart

Pages 179-182
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35. Democracy in America

Tocqueville, Alexis de

Pages 183-191
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36. The Theory of Democracy Revisited

Sartori, Giovanni

Pages 192-196
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Section 5: Citizenship

Introduction

Pages 198-199
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37. The Politics

Aristotle

Pages 200-202
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38. Class, Citizenship and Social Development

 Marshall, T. H.

Pages 203-205
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39. The Return of the Citizen

Kymlicka, Will / Norman, Wayne

Pages 206-213
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40. Civic Republicanism and Citizenship: The Challenge for Today

Crick, Bernard

Pages 214-222
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Part Three. Critiques of Democracy

Section 6: Conservative, Elitist and Authoritarian Critiques

Introduction

Pages 226-228
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41. The Republic

Plato

Pages 229-233
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42. Reflections on the Revolution in France

Burke, Edmund

Pages 234-238
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43. The Meaning of Conservatism

Scruton, Roger

Pages 239-242
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44. The Doctrine of Fascism

 Mussolini, Benito

Pages 243-244
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45. The Concept of the Political

Schmitt, Carl

Pages 245-246
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46. Economy and Society

Weber, Max

Pages 247-251
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47. Political Parties

Michels, Robert

Pages 252-254
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48. Anti-Elitism Revisited

Sartori, Giovanni

Pages 255-258
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49. Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

Pages 259-264
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Section 7: Marxist and Socialist Critiques

Introduction

Pages 266-267
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50. On the Jewish Question

 Marx, Karl

Pages 268-273
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51. The Civil War in France

Marx, Karl

Pages 274-277
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52. The State and Revolution

Lenin, Vladimir Ilich

Pages 278-281
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53. Marxism and Politics

Miliband, Ralph

Pages 282-286
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54. Democratic Theory, Essays in Retrieval

Macpherson, C. B.

Pages 287-292
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Section 8: Feminist Critiques

Introduction

Pages 294-296
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55. Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Wollstonecraft, Mary

Pages 297-306
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56. Women in Political Theory

 Coole, Diana

Pages 307-314
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57. Feminism and Democracy

Rowbotham, Sheila

Pages 315-317
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58. Losing the Faith: Feminism and Democracy

Mendus, Susan

Pages 318-324
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Part Four. Contemporary Issues

Section 9: The Market

Introduction

Pages 328-329
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59. The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism

Hayek, Friedrich

Pages 330-334
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60. Ethics, Efficiency, and the Market

Buchanan, Allen

Pages 335-343
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61. Capitalism and Freedom

Friedman, Milton

Pages 344-349
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62. Liberal Democracy and the Limits of Democratization

 Beetham, David

Pages 350-353
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63. Arguments for a New Left

Wainwright, Hilary

Pages 354-356
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64. Wealth Accumulates and Democracy Decays

Weeks, John F.

Pages 357-360
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65. American Nightmare: Neoliberalism, Neoconservatism, and De-

Democratization

Brown, Wendy

Pages 361-366
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Section 10: Civil Society

Introduction

Pages 368-369
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66. Civil Society and Political Theory

Cohen, Jean L. / Arato, Andrew

Pages 370-374
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67. Bowling Alone

Putnam, Robert D.

Pages 375-377
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68. Associative Principles and Democratic Reform

 Hirst, Paul

Pages 378-382
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Section 11: Participation

Introduction
Pages 384-385
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69. More Participation, More Democracy?

Parry, Geraint / Moyser, George

Pages 386-390
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70. On Participation

Pitkin, Hanna Fenichel / Shumer, Sara M.

Pages 391-396
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71. Participation and Democratic Theory

Pateman, Carole

Pages 397-402
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72. The Two Faces of Political Apathy

DeLuca, Tom

Pages 403-414
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73. What Deliberative Democracy Means

Gutmann, Amy / Thompson, Dennis

Pages 415-424
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Section 12: The Internet

 Introduction

Pages 426-427
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74. Politics: Deliberation, Mobilization, and Networked Practices of Agitation

Lim, Merlyna / Kann, Mark E.

Pages 428-432
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75. Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age

Castells, Manuel

Pages 433-435
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76. The Net Delusion: How Not to Liberate the World

Morozov, Evgeny

Pages 436-440
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Section 13: Nationalism

Introduction

Pages 442-443
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77.Nationalism and Democracy

Nodia, Ghia

Pages 444-446
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78. Citizenship and National Identity

Miller, David

Pages 447-449
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79. ‘The People’, Identity and Democracy

 Harris, Erika

Pages 450-453
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80. Nationalism and Democracy

Calhoun, Craig

Pages 454-458
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Section 14: Cosmopolitan Democracy

Introduction

Pages 460-462
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81. Methodological Cosmopolitanism

Beck, Ulrich

Pages 463-467
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82. The Practice of Global Citizenship

Cabrera, Luis

Pages 468-472
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83. World Citizenship

Archibugi, Daniele

Pages 473-477
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84. Global Democracy and Its Setbacks

Dryzek, John S.

Pages 478-482
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85. The Post- National Constellation and the Future of Democracy

 Habermas, Jürgen

Pages 483-490
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86. The Prospect of ‘Post-Westphalian’ Intervention

MacQueen, Norrie

Pages 491-498
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Section 15: Religion

Introduction

Pages 500-501
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87. Islam and Democracy: What is the Real Question?

Bayat, Asef

Pages 502-515
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88. Public Islam and the Problem of Democratization

Hefner, Robert W.

Pages 516-521
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89. Habermas and Religion

Reder, Michael / Schmidt, Josef

Pages 522-524
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90. Whither Democracy? Religion, Politics and Islam

Dallmayr, Fred

Pages 525-535
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91. The Life and Death of Democracy

 Keane, John

Pages 536-540
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Section 16: Multiculturalism

Introduction
Pages 542-543
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92. The Dynamics of Democratic Exclusion

Taylor, Charles

Pages 544-546
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93. Multicultural Citizenship

Kymlicka, Will

Pages 547-552
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94. Justice and the Politics of Difference

Young, Iris Marion

Pages 553-557
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95. The Racial Contract

Pages 558-562
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Section 17: Democracy and Violence

Introduction

Pages 564-565
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96. On Violence

Arendt, Hannah

Pages 566-574
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97. Two Versions of ‘We the People’

Pages 575-583
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98. New Forms of Violence

Schwarzmantel, John

Pages 584-590
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99. Global Frontier- land

Bauman, Zygmunt

Pages 591-595