PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. CONTRIBUTORS xi
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. PART I MUST DEMOCRACY FAIL?
7. 1 DEMOCRACY AS FAILURE 11
8. 2 FAILING DEMOCRACY 50
9. 3 WHY NO GOOD, VERY BAD, ELITIST DEMOCRACY IS AN ACHIEVEMENT, NOT A FAILURE 79
10. PART II FAILURES OF REPRESENTATION
11. 4 REPRESENTATION FAILURE 101
12. 5 DEMOCRATIC THEORY AND DEMOCRATIC FAILURE A CONTEXTUAL APPROACH 141
13. 6 DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVES AS EPISTEMIC INTERMEDIARIES 154
14. 7 POLITICAL PARTIES AND PUBLIC POLICY 180
15. PART III FAILURES OF KNOWLEDGE
16. 8 DU BOIS’S DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY 207
17. 9 PRETEXTUAL POLITICS AND DEMOCRATIC INCLUSION COMMENT ON DARBY 247
18. 10 DEMOCRATIC REMEDIES IF IGNORANCE THREATENS DEMOCRACY 262
19. INDEX 271