Democracy : : A Reader / / Ricardo Blaug.
Democracy is an essential collection of source texts by major historical figures on the value of democracy, key concepts and practices, theoretical perspectives, and contemporary challenges. The volume includes reflections on democracy by Machiavelli, Hobbes, Madison, Mill, Lincoln, and Paine. It fe...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (640 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Democracy - Triumph or Crisis? -- Part One. 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 1: Freedom and Autonomy -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 66. Civil Society and Political Theory -- 67. Bowling Alone -- 68. Associative Principles and Democratic Reform -- Section 11: Participation -- 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 -- 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 -- 77.Nationalism and Democracy -- 78. Citizenship and National Identity -- 79. 'The People', Identity and Democracy -- 80. Nationalism and Democracy -- Section 14: Cosmopolitan Democracy -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 96. On Violence -- 97. Two Versions of 'We the People' -- 98. New Forms of Violence -- 99. Global Frontier- land -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | Democracy is an essential collection of source texts by major historical figures on the value of democracy, key concepts and practices, theoretical perspectives, and contemporary challenges. The volume includes reflections on democracy by Machiavelli, Hobbes, Madison, Mill, Lincoln, and Paine. It features Rousseau and Kant on freedom and autonomy; Locke on equality; Burke and Bakunin on representation; Wollheim and Tocqueville on majority rule; and Crick on citizenship. Conservative, Marxist, socialist, and feminist critiques are followed by new sections on the market, civil society, participation, the Internet, nationalism, religion, multiculturalism, cosmopolitan democracy, and violence. Perfect for course use, the book provides an unparalleled introduction to standard articulations of democracy and its multiple manifestations in our interconnected, conflict-ridden world. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780231539500 9783110638578 |
DOI: | 10.7312/blau17412 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Ricardo Blaug. |