The idea of democracy - New York : Cambridge University, 1993 - 449 p.

Part I: the point of democracy Tocqueville and democracy - Stephen Holmes Tocqueville, commerce, and democracy - Debra Satz Making truth safe for democracy - David Estlund Could political truth be a hazard for democracy? - David Copp Democratic rights at national and workplace levels - Richard J. Arneson Justified to whom? - Robert Sudgen Part II: democracy and preferences Public choice versus democracy - Russel Hardin Social choice and democracy - Thomas Christiano Democracy and shifting preferences - Cass R. Sunstein Must preferences be respected in a democracy? - John Ferejohn Part III: democracy and public reason The domain of the political and overlapping consensus - John Rawls Moral pluralism and political consensus - Joshua Cohen The moral commitments of liberalism - Jean Hampton Constituting democracy - David Gauthier On contractarian constitutional democracy - Christopher W. Morris Part IV: democracy and economics The possibility of market socialism - John E. Roemer Alternative conceptions of feasibility - Michael S. McPherson A political and economic case for the democratic enterprise - Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis Contested power - Karl ove Moene Part V: democracy: case studies Capitalist development and democracy: empirical reserch on the social origins of democracy - John D. Stephens Comments on John D. Stephens, "capitalist development and democracy" - Pranab Bardhan


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