DEMOCRACY AND ITS CRITICS

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In this thoughtful, wide-ranging book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our era makes a major statement about what democracy is and why it is important. Robert Dahl examines the most basic assumptions of democratic theory, tests them against questions raised by serious critics (both adversial and sympathetic), and recasts the theory of democracy into a new and coherent whole. He concludes by discussing the directions in which democracy must move if advanced democratic states are to exist in the future.