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THIS ESSAY FOCUSES ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE MARKET TO DEMOCRACY AND THEREFORE TO CIVIL SOCIETY. IT PROBLEMATIZES THE ASSUMPTION OF MUCH OF CURRENT WORK ON THIS ISSUES, THAT THERE IS A CONGRUENCE BETWEEN A MARKET ECONOMY AND A DEMOCRATIC POLITY. IT DOES THIS BY SETTING OUT THE CASE FOR AND AGAINST THE ABOVE PROPOSITION--THAT THERE IS A CORRELATION BETWEEN MARKET ECONOMY AND POLITICAL DEMOCRACY--AND CONCLUDES THAT THE MARKET IS AT ONCE SUPPORTIVE AND UNDERMINING OF DEMOCRACY. IT CONCLUDES THAT THE IMPORTANT ISSUES IS HOW TO REGULATE, CONTAIN AND SUPPLEMENT MARKET FORCES SO THAT THE NECESSARY "CIVILITY" OF SOCIAL RELATIONS INS A DEMOCRATIC POLITY CAN BE PROTECTED AND ENHANCED, RATHER THAN TO ARGUE ABOUT WHETHER THE MARKET SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE PLACED WITHIN THE AMBIT OF CIVIL SOCIETY.

Democracy & human rights are connected absolutely. Individuals must have freedom of expression, association, assembly, & movement to be effective members of a democracy. Democracy presents a minimum but insufficient requirement for providing economic & social rights. Finally, the cultural right to express difference can be protected in democracy only through systems that limit the power of simple winner-take-all majorities. Democracy cannot be reduced to governmental institutions; it is an ongoing project of popular rule & collective decision making. A review of current research focusing on the UK, demonstrates that many northern countries with democratic institutions are failing to live up to the promise of democracy. 9 References. E. Munson

LIBERALISM HAS PROVIDED BOTH A NECESSARY BASIS FOR MODERN DEMOCRACY AND ALSO A CONSTRAINT UPON IT. THIS DUALITY MAKES A DEMOCRATIC CRITIQUE OF LIBERALISM BOTH IMPERATIVE AND PROBLEMATICAL, IN SO FAR AS IT THREATENS THE CONDITIONS OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY ITSELF. TWO OF THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXAMINED--THE INSTITUTION OF REPRESENTATION AND THE PRINCIPLE OF THE LIMITED STATE--TO DISCOVER WHAT LIMITS THEY MIGHT IMPOSE ON THE JUSTIFIABLE AMBITIONS OF DEMOCRATIZERS, TO EXTEND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE SOCIAL AGENDA FOR DEMOCRATIZATION ON THE OTHER.

Offers an analysis and defence of Charter '88, by situating it in its broader political and economic context, and showing why it appeals, and indeed should appeal, to those on the Left as well as the Centre of the political spectrum. (RSM)