History of Western Political Thought A Thematic Introduction /

• Main Author: Morrow, John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Macmillan Education UK : Imprint: Palgrave, 2005.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Political science.; Political theory.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Theory.

This wide-ranging text identifies and assesses the main conceptions of democracy from participationist to elitist. It proceeds to consider in detail a range of key issues in democratic theory in relation to which these conceptions can be distinguished. The second edition has been revised throughout...

Table of Contents:

• Preface to the Second Edition
• The Theoretical Challenge of Democracy
• Forms of Democratic Government
• The Justification of Democracy
• Deliberation , Consensus and Political Equality
• Participation as Democracy, Participation in Democracy
• From Conceptions of Representation to Systems of Representation
• Aggregation, Unanimity and Majority Rule
• Democracy, Rights and Constitutionalism?
• The Boundaries of Inclusion
• International Relations and Democratic Ideals
• Epilogue: The Democratic Reform of Democracy.