Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Editorial 2
3. Contents 5
4. Preface 7
5. 1. Individual and Collective Inclusion and Exclusion in Political Systems 13
6. 2. The Rise of Complexity: Internal Differentiation of Political Systems 39
7. 3. Knowledge and the Political System 109
8. 4. Political Responsiveness: The Identification and Processing of Problems in Modern Polities 121
9. 5. Expansion through Self-Restriction: Functional Autonomy in Modern Democracies 149
10. 6. The Bipolarity of Democracy and Authoritarianism and Its Societal Origins 209
11. Biography of Authors 241