The state of democratic theory

Summary: What should we expect from democracy, and how likely is it that democracies will live up to those expectations? In The State of Democratic Theory, Ian Shapiro offers a critical assessment of contemporary answers to these questions, lays out his distinctive alternative, and explores its implications for policy and political action. Some accounts of democracy's purposes focus on aggregating preferences; others deal with collective deliberation in search of the common good.

Record details

ISBN: 9781400825899 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 140082589X (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0691115478 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780691115474
ISBN: 0691123969
ISBN: 9780691123967
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xi, 183 p.)
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User. CatMonthString:jun.14 Terms of use - Multi-user. CatBulkString:sept.20.12
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-172) and index.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.