Democracy and Association
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: December 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780691050355
Subjects: Association: clubs, societies; Political science & theory; Political structures: democracy; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Democracy; Learned Societies And Institutions; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; History & Theory - General; General; Associations, institutions, et; Associations, institutions, etc
First sentence: WITHIN democratic theory a remarkable consensus is emerging around Tocqueville's view that the virtues and viability of a democracy depend on the robustness of its associational life.