ABSTRACT
This book analyzes and assesses theories of democracy emanating from studies in a variety of disciplines, and proposes answers to a wide range of questions in moral and political philosophy, philosophy of law and democratic theory. Taken together, these answers constitute the basis for a theory that justifies political democracy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |7 pages
Introduction
chapter |9 pages
Decisions and Procedures
part |1 pages
Procedural Fairness and Equality
chapter |2 pages
Majority Rule and Fairness
chapter |5 pages
Procedural Fairness and Justification
chapter |7 pages
Possible Replies and Further Considerations
chapter |2 pages
Conclusions
chapter |3 pages
Background: Schumpeter and the Revisionists
chapter |2 pages
Participation Theory
chapter |2 pages
Problems and Questions
chapter |4 pages
Self Government, Consent and Authorization
chapter |3 pages
Equal Rights to Participate
chapter |3 pages
Participation and Virtue
chapter |2 pages
Conclusions
part |2 pages
Popular Sovereignty
chapter |2 pages
Arrow’s Theorem
chapter |4 pages
The Relevance of Arrow’s Theorem
chapter |1 pages
An Alternative Approach
chapter |3 pages
Why Popular Sovereignty?
chapter |4 pages
Some Consequences
chapter |1 pages
Appendix A: A Note on the Theory of Representation
chapter |2 pages
Appendix B: Majority Rule, Transitivity and Unanimity
part |2 pages
Economic Theories
chapter |6 pages
An Example o f Economic Analysis: The Intensity Problem
chapter |3 pages
Buchanan and Tullock’s Rationale for Democracy
chapter |4 pages
Internal Criticism
chapter |5 pages
External Criticism
chapter |2 pages
Conclusions
part |2 pages
Open Government and Just Legislation: A Defense of Democracy
chapter |4 pages
Dahl on Madison
chapter |2 pages
Morality and Just Government
chapter |9 pages
A Conception o f Morality
chapter |7 pages
Democracy and Just Government: Mill’s Argument
chapter |3 pages
Summary, Objections and Qualifications
chapter |8 pages
Comparisons and Contrasts
chapter |2 pages
Conclusions
part |1 pages
Law and Morality: The Problem of Political Obligation
