Dimensions
166 x 232 x 13mm
What is democracy? How do we know when we have it? Is liberal democracy merely one, or the only, version of democracy, realisable at governmental level? What is the relation between democracy and human rights? Do economic and social rights really count as human rights, and are they necessary to democratic citizenship? These are some of the questions addressed in this book.
The volume is organized around an interlinked set of problems: democracy's definition and justification; its institutional and societal conditions; the relation between democracy and human rights; the assessment of democracy through democratic audit, and the criteria for its consolidation, development and deepening.
Suitable for second-year undergraduates and above in politics, political theory and sociology with a particular interest in democracy and human rights.
