Democracy and Association
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: December 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780691050775
Subjects: Association: clubs, societies; Political science & theory; Political structures: democracy; Political Science; General; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; History & Theory - General; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science and International Relations; Sociology; Democracy; 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.