Democracy and its critics

By:

Dahl, Robert A

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Haven Yale University Press 1989Description: viii, 397 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780300049381

Subject(s):

Democracy

DDC classification:

321.8DAH

Summary: In this book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our era makes a statement about what democracy is and why it is important. Robert Dahl examines the most basic assumptions of democratic theory, tests them against the questions raised by its critics, and recasts the theory of democracy in a new and coherent whole. He concludes by discussing the directions in which democracy must move if advanced democratic states are to exist in the future.

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Includes index.

In this book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our era makes a statement about what democracy is and why it is important. Robert Dahl examines the most basic assumptions of democratic theory, tests them against the questions raised by its critics, and recasts the theory of democracy in a new and coherent whole. He concludes by discussing the directions in which democracy must move if advanced democratic states are to exist in the future.

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