
Democracy For Beginners
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- First Page
- Preface: Understanding Democracy
- In the Beginning
- A Word About Virtue
- Islamic Perspectives
- Consequences of the Natural Law Theory of Aquinas
- Reformation
- Hobbes, Locke and The Negative Liberal Tradition
- The American Revolt Against King George
- The Rights of Man
- Property and Commerce
- Writing the Constitution
- The Federalist Papers
- Original Intent?
- Themes of the Ancients and the Moderns
- Party Politics
- Themes from the British Utilitarians
- A Rational Foundation for Democracy
- The Concepts and Problems of Democracy
- Democracy As A Decision Procedure
- Social Choice Critiques of Democracy
- Political Frameworks: The Liberty/Equality Equation
- Political Frameworks: The Progressives
- Political Frameworks: The Libertarians
- Political Frameworks: The Communitarians
- Fact of Pluralism
- Two Models of Democracy: Thin and Strong
- The Market
- The Forum
- Jürgen Habermas
- Open and Informed" Conversations
- Citizenship Theory
- Reflective Equilibrium
- Civic Virtues
- Strong Democracy and Citizen Forums
- Applying Deliberative Democracy
- Envisioning A Strong Democracy
- Combining Lukensmeyer and Fishkin
- Community Conversations: Bringing Deliberative Democracy to the Neighborhood
- E-Democracy: The Early Days
- E-Democracy Takes Hold
- Transnational Democracy
- Twenty Global Problems and Twenty Years to Solve Them. . .
- One Example: Climate Change
- Conclusion
- Credits
- Sources
- Resources
- About the Author & illustrator:
- Last Page
- THE FOR BEGINNERS® SERIES
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