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Summarizes the book's analyses of political change in contemporary democracies. Institutional change in the three forms of democracy -- representative democracy, direct democracy, & advocacy democracy -- has resulted in expanded citizen access & participation in the political process. The changing relationship between citizens & the state is explored through examples from articles in the text. The effects of expanded direct democracy & advocacy democracy on state structure, the governing process, & government efficacy are appraised. 1 Table, 1 Figure. L. Collins Leigh

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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I MUST DEMOCRACY FAIL? -- 1 DEMOCRACY AS FAILURE -- 2 FAILING DEMOCRACY -- 3 WHY NO GOOD, VERY BAD, ELITIST DEMOCRACY IS AN ACHIEVEMENT, NOT A FAILURE -- PART II FAILURES OF REPRESENTATION -- 4 REPRESENTATION FAILURE -- 5 DEMOCRATIC THEORY AND DEMOCRATIC FAILURE A CONTEXTUAL APPROACH -- 6 DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVES AS EPISTEMIC INTERMEDIARIES -- 7 POLITICAL PARTIES AND PUBLIC POLICY -- PART III FAILURES OF KNOWLEDGE -- 8 DU BOIS'S DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY -- 9 PRETEXTUAL POLITICS AND DEMOCRATIC INCLUSION COMMENT ON DARBY -- 10 DEMOCRATIC REMEDIES IF IGNORANCE THREATENS DEMOCRACY -- INDEX

Card issued to Delegates attending the Democratic Left Annual Delegate Conference, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, April 25th-26th. 1997.

Part I. What should the role of citizens be in a democratic society? -- Public opinion in a democracy -- Appendix. Studying public opinion empirically -- Part II. Are citizens pliable? -- Political socialization -- Mass media -- Attitude stability and attitude change -- Part III. Do citizens organize their political thinking? -- Ideology, partisanship, and polarization -- Roots of public opinion: personality, self-interest, values and history -- Roots of public opinion: the central role of groups -- Part IV. Do citizens endorse and demonstrate democratic basics? -- Knowledge, interest, and attention to politics -- Support for civil liberties -- Support for civil rights -- Part V. What is the relationship between citizens and their government? -- Trust in government, support for institutions, and social capital -- Impact of public opinion on policy -- Part VI. What do we make of public opinion in a democracy? -- Conclusion.

Published by The Democratic Left on the occasion of their 1996 Annual Delegate Conference (ADC). Details of amendments and 'Emergency' motions received in advance of the ADC.

Amy Gutmann's Democratic Education might equally well be entitled Republican Education, for its central theme is how to produce true republican citizens-citizens who possess both the ability and the motivation to participate in their deliberative political communities. That such a republican education must take place in a democratic context, however, imposes limits on how educational decisions are made and on what may be taught. Gutmann carefully explores both. The resulting "democratic theory of education" she proposes and examines is a small masterpiece of political theory with implications far beyond the educational context.

Invitation to Democratic Left's 1997 Annual Delegate Conference. Registering information and Introduction by Party Leader Proinsias De Rossa TD.