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Intro -- Why Democracy? -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION: Posing the Question -- 1. "The Fountainhead of Justice"? -- 2. Democracy: Communitarian, Participatory, or Radical? -- 3. Deliberative Democracy -- 4. A Modest Phenomenology of Democratic Speech -- 5. Why Democracy? -- 6. Between the Market and the Forum -- Conclusion and Prognosis -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Boxes -- Introduction -- PART I: THEORY -- CHAPTER 1 Representation, Liberty and Democracy -- CHAPTER 2 The Origins of Democracy -- CHAPTER 3 The Emergence of Representative Democracy -- PART II: PRACTICE -- CHAPTER 4 The Westminster Model -- CHAPTER 5 Critiques of British Democracy -- CHAPTER 6 The Remedies -- CHAPTER 7 Conclusion: The Puzzle of Participation -- References -- Index

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