Models of Democracy

by Held, David

• ISBN13: 9780804754729
• ISBN10: 0804754721
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-25
• Publisher: INGRAM

Summary

In a succinct and far-reaching analysis, David Held provides an introduction to major theories of democracy from classical Greece to the present, along with a critical discussion of what democracy should mean today. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated to take into account significant transformations in world politics. A new chapter on deliberative democracy has been added, which focuses on how citizen participation can be increased in politics, and how that participation can become more informed. Like its predecessor, the third edition of Models of Democracy combines lucid exposition and clarity of expression with careful scholarship and originality, making it highly attractive to students and experts in the field. The third edition will prove essential reading for all those interested in politics, political theory, and political philosophy. Praise for the second edition: "Held's new book on models of democracy is itself a model of its kinda meticulously edited, easily accessible, and clearly signposted critical analysis of theories of democracy from classical antiquity to the present day."Ethics "In this timely and thought-provoking study, Held provides a critical reassessment of major theories of democracy from ancient Greece to the present, along with his own prescription for revitalizing contemporary democratic politics. . . . This volume should be read and pondered by anyone interested in the future of democracy."The Annals

Author Biography

David Held is Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. viii
Preface to the Third Edition	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Classic Models
Classical Democracy: Athens	p. 11
Political ideals and aims	p. 13
Institutional features	p. 17
The exclusivity of ancient democracy	p. 19
The critics	p. 23
In sum: model I	p. 27
Republicanism: Liberty, Self-Government and the Active Citizen	p. 29
The eclipse and re-emergence of homo politicus	p. 29
The reforging of republicanism	p. 32
Republicanism, elective government and popular sovereignty	p. 36
From civic life to civic glory	p. 40
The republic and the general will	p. 43
In sum: model IIa	p. 44
In sum: model IIb	p. 48
The public and the private	p. 49
The Development of Liberal Democracy: For and Against the State	p. 56
Power and sovereignty	p. 60
Citizenship and the constitutional state	p. 62
Separation of powers	p. 65
The problem of factions	p. 70
Accountability and markets	p. 75
In sum: model IIIa	p. 78
Liberty and the development of democracy	p. 79
The dangers of despotic power and an overgrown state	p. 81
Representative government	p. 84
The subordination of women	p. 88
Competing conceptions of the 'ends of government'	p. 91
In sum: model IIIb	p. 92
Direct Democracy and the End of Politics	p. 96
Class and class conflict	p. 96
History as evolution and the development of capitalism	p. 98
Two theories of the state	p. 103
The end of politics	p. 108
Competing conceptions of Marxism	p. 116
In sum: model IV	p. 120
Variants from the Twentieth Century
Competitive Elitism and the Technocratic Vision	p. 125
Classes, power and conflict	p. 126
Bureaucracy, parliaments and nation-states	p. 129
Competitive elitist democracy	p. 134
Liberal democracy at the crossroads	p. 138
The last vestige of democracy?	p. 141
Democracy, capitalism and socialism	p. 144
'Classical' v. modern democracy	p. 146
A technocratic vision	p. 152
In sum: model V	p. 157
Pluralism, Corporate Capitalism and the State	p. 158
Group politics, governments and power	p. 160
Politics, consensus and the distribution of power	p. 165
Democracy, corporate capitalism and the state	p. 169
Accumulation, legitimation and the restricted sphere of the political	p. 172
In sum: model VI	p. 173
The changing form of representative institutions	p. 179
From Postwar Stability to Political Crisis: The Polarization of Political Ideals	p. 185
A legitimate democratic order or a repressive regime?	p. 187
Overloaded state or legitimation crisis?	p. 190
Crisis theories: an assessment	p. 196
Law, liberty and democracy	p. 201
In sum: model VII	p. 207
Participation, liberty and democracy	p. 209
In sum: model VIII	p. 215
Democracy after Soviet Communism	p. 217
The historical backdrop	p. 218
The triumph of economic and political liberalism?	p. 220
The renewed necessity of Marxism and democracy from 'below'?	p. 225
Deliberative Democracy and the Defence of the Public Realm	p. 231
Reason and participation	p. 232
The limits of democratic theory	p. 234
The aims of deliberative democracy	p. 237
What is sound public reasoning? Impartialism and its critics	p. 238
Institutions of deliberative democracy	p. 246
Value pluralism and democracy	p. 252
In sum: model IX	p. 253
What Should Democracy Mean Today?
Democratic Autonomy	p. 259
The appeal of democracy	p. 260
The principle of autonomy	p. 262
Enacting the principle	p. 267
The heritage of classic and twentieth-century democratic theory	p. 271
Democracy: a double-sided process	p. 275
Democratic autonomy: compatibilities and incompatibilities	p. 281
In sum: model Xa	p. 282
Democracy, the Nation-State and the Global System	p. 290
Democratic legitimacy and borders	p. 291
Regional and global flows: old and new	p. 292
Sovereignty, autonomy and disjunctures	p. 294
Rethinking democracy for a more global age: the cosmopolitan model	p. 304
In sum: model Xb	p. 308
A utopian project?	p. 309
Acknowledgements	p. 312
Bibliography	p. 313
Index	p. 328
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