Dahl, Robert Alan, 1915-

Democracy and its critics / Robert A. Dahl - New York : Yale University Press, 1989 - viii, 397 p.

The first transformation : To the democratic city - state, 13. -- Toward the second transformation : Republicanism, representation, and the logic of equality, 24. -- Adverarial critics, 37. -- Anarchism, 37. -- Guardianship, 52. -- A critique of guardianship, 65. -- A theory of the democratic process, 83. -- Justifications, the idea of equal intrinisic worth, 83. -- Personal autonomy, 97. -- A theory of the democratic process, 106. -- The problem of inclusion, 119. -- Problems in the democratic process, 135. -- Majority rule and the democratic process, 135. -- Is there a better alternative, 153. -- Process and substance, 163. -- Process versus process, 176. -- When is a people entitled to the democratic process, 193. -- The limits and possibilities of democracy, 313. -- The second democratic transformation : From the city state to the nation - state, 213. -- Democracy, polyarchy, and participation, 225. -- How polyarchy developed in some cauntries and not others, 232. -- Why polyarchy developed in some countries and not others, 244. -- Is minority domination inevitable, 265. -- Pluralism, polyarchy, and the common good, 280. -- The common good as process and substance, 299. -- Toward a third transformation, 311. -- Democracy in tomorrow's world, 311. -- Sketches for an advanced democratic country, 343

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