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 Dahal 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 Hubert, 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, José 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, josé 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 Dahal 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 Dahal 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 SobergShugart and John Carey Minority governments, deadlock situations, and the survival of presidential democracies - José 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 governmentt - John Stuart Mill On elections - Marquis de Condorcet Liberalism against populism - William H. Riker Savinf 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 mew constitutional order - Courtney Jung and Ian Shapiro The representation of women - Anne Phillips 7. Interest Groups The governamental 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, José 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