As the principles and practices of democracy continue to spread
ever more widely, it is hard to imagine a corner of the globe into
which they will not eventually penetrate. But the euphoria of
democratic revolutions is typically short-lived, and usually
followed by disgruntlement and even cynicism about the actual
operation of democratic institutions. It is widely accepted that
democracy is a good thing. However democrats have much work to do
in improving the performance of democratic institutions.
The essays in this volume focus on this difficult and vital
challenge: how can we improve the design of democratic
institutions? How can public deliberation in democracies be
enhanced? How can elections be reformed so as to dampen the
excessive influence of special interests, especially those with
money? How can democratic institutions be reformed so they can deal
with issues that transcend the boundaries of the nation-state? And
finally, how can democratic practices better take account of the
internal plurality of societies that are ethnically or otherwise
divided?
Contributors: Brooke Ackerly, Ian Ayres, Geoffrey Brennan, John
Ferejohn, Alan Hamlin, Russell Hardin, Donald Horowitz, Stephen
Macedo, Philip Petit, Philippe C. Schmitter, Ian Shapiro, Philippe
Van Parjis, Iris Marion Young.
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