Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Part One
5. Chapter 1. Preliminaries 1
6. Chapter 2. Pragmatism and the Problem of Institutional Design 25
7. Chapter 3. The Appeal of Decentralization 51
8. Part Two
9. Chapter 4. The Priority of Democracy and the Burden of Justification 93
10. Chapter 5. Reconsidering the Role of Political Argument in Democratic Politics 128
11. Chapter 6. Refining Reflexivity 167
12. Part Three
13. Chapter 7. Formal Conditions: Institutionalizing Liberal Guarantees 193
14. Chapter 8. Substantive Conditions: Pragmatism and Effectiveness 222
15. Chapter 9. Conclusion 256
16. References 287
17. Index 307