Democracy sourcebook
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass.
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 556
Table of contents: title: 1. Defining Democracy -- The Social Contract / Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy / Joseph Schumpeter -- Minimalist Conception of Democracy: A Defense / Adam Przeworski -- Democracy and Disagreement / Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson -- The Voice of the People / James S. Fishkin -- Defining and Developing Democracy / Larry Diamond -- Participation and Democratic Theory / Carole Pateman -- Polyarchal Democracy / Robert Dahl -- 2. Sources of Democracy -- Political Man: The Social Bases of Politics / Seymour Martin Lipset -- Social Revolutions in the Modern World / Theda Skocpol -- The Impact of Economic Development on Democracy / Evelyne Huber, Dietrich Rueschemeyer and John D. Stephens -- Democracy and the Market: Political and Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe and Latin America / Adam Przeworski -- Democracy's Third Wave / Samuel P. Huntington -- South Africa's Negotiated Transition: Democracy, Opposition, and the New Constitutional Order / Courtney Jung and Ian Shapiro -- Economic Development and Political Regimes / Adam Przeworski, Michael E. Alvarez, Jose Antonio Cheibub and Fernando Limongi -- 3. Democracy, Culture, and Society -- The Federalist No. 10 / James Madison -- The Federalist No. 14 / James Madison -- The Concept of a Liberal Society / Louis Hartz -- Pluralism and Social Choice / Nicholas R. Miller -- Consociational Democracy / Arend Lijphart -- The Contest of Ideas / Donald Horowitz -- The State of Democratic Theory / Ian Shapiro -- Democracy / Robert D. Putnam -- Modernization, Cultural Change, and the Persistence of Traditional Values / Ronald Inglehart and Wayne E. Baker -- Culture and Democracy / Adam Przeworski, Jose Antonio Cheibub and Fernando Limongi -- 4. Democracy and Constitutionalism -- The Federalist No. 23 / Alexander Hamilton -- The Federalist No. 47 / James Madison -- The Federalist No. 48 / James Madison -- The Federalist No. 62 / James Madison -- The Federalist No. 70 / Alexander Hamilton -- The Federalist No. 78 / Alexander Hamilton -- Madisonian Democracy / Robert Dahl -- A Bill of Rights for Britain / Ronald Dworkin -- A Rights-Based Critique of Constitutional Rights / Jeremy Waldron -- The Political Origins of Judicial Empowerment through Constitutionalization: Lessons from Four Constitutional Revolutions / Ran Hirschl -- Decision Making in a Democracy: The Supreme Court as a National Policymaker / Robert Dahl -- Democratic Justice / Ian Shapiro -- 5. Presidentialism Versus Parliamentarism -- The Perils of Presidentialism / Juan Linz -- Presidentialism, Multipartism, and Democracy: The Difficult Combination / Scott Mainwaring -- Presidents and Assemblies / Matthew Soberg Shugart and John Carey -- Minority Governments, Deadlock Situations, and the Survival of Presidential Democracies / Jose Antonio Cheibub -- Minority Governments in Parliamentary Democracies: The Rationality of Nonwinning Cabinet Solutions / Kaare Strom -- Institutional Design, Party Systems, and Governability: Differentiating the Presidential Regimes of Latin America / Joe Foweraker -- Presidential Power, Legislative Organization, and Party Behavior in Brazil / Argelina Cheibub Figueiredo and Fernando Limongi -- 6. Representation -- Representative Government / John Stuart Mill -- On Elections / Marquis de Condorcet -- Liberalism against Populism / William H. Riker -- Saving Democracy from Political Science / Gerry Mackie -- Unlikelihood of Condorcet's Paradox in a Large Society / A. S. Tangian -- Congruence between Citizens and Policymakers in Two Visions of Liberal Democracy / John D. Huber and G. Bingham Powell, Jr. -- The Political Consequences of Electoral Laws / Douglas W. Rae -- South Africa's Negotiated Transition: Democracy, Opposition, and the New Constitutional Order / Courtney Jung and Ian Shapiro -- The Representation of Women / Anne Phillips -- 7. Interest Groups -- The Governmental Process: Political Interests and Public Opinion / David B. Truman -- The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups / Mancur Olson -- Neo-Pluralism: A Class Analysis of Pluralism I and Pluralism II / John F. Manley -- The Theory of Economic Regulation / George J. Stigler -- Interest Intermediation and Regime Governability in Contemporary Western Europe and North America / Philippe C. Schmitter -- Inside Campaign Finance: Myths and Realities / Frank J. Sorauf -- 8. Democracy's Effects -- The Economics and Politics of Growth / Karl de Schweinitz, Jr. -- Rent Seeking and Redistribution under Democracy versus Dictatorship / Ronald Wintrobe -- Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development / Mancur Olson -- Freedom Favors Development / Amartya Sen -- Political Regimes and Economic Growth / Adam Przeworski, Michael E. Alvarez, Jose Antonio Cheibub and Fernando Limongi -- Democracy in America / Alexis de Tocqueville -- Does Democracy Engender Justice? / John E. Roemer -- Facing up to the American Dream: Race, Class, and the Soul of the Nation / Jennifer L. Hochschild -- Beyond Tocqueville, Myrdal, and Hartz: The Multiple Traditions in America / Rogers M. Smith -- 9. Democracy and the Global Order -- Perpetual Peace / Immanuel Kant -- How Democracy, Interdependence, and International Organizations Create a System for Peace / Bruce Russett -- Dirty Pool / Donald P. Green, Soo Yeon Kim and David H. Yoon -- Democracy and Collective Bads / Russell Hardin -- Representation and the Democratic Deficit / Pippa Norris -- The Transformation of Political Community: Rethinking Democracy in the Context of Globalization / David Held.