On Justifying Democracy (Routledge Library Editions:Political Science Volume 11)

Part 1: Decisions and Procedures  Part 2: Procedural Fairness and Equality  1. Majority Rule and Fairness  2. Procedural Fairness and Justification  3. Possible Replies and Further Considerations Conclusions  Part 3: Participation  1. Background: Schumpeter and the Revisionists  2. Participation Theory  3. Problems and Questions  4. Self Government, Consent and Authorization  5. Equal Rights to Participate  6. Participation and Virtue Conclusions  Part 4: Popular Sovereignty  1. Arrow’s Theorem  2. The Relevance of Arrow’s Theorem  3. An Alternative Approach  4. Why Popular Sovereignty?  5. Some Consequences  Part 5: Economic Theories  1. An Example of Economic Analysis: The Intensity Problem  2. Buchanan and Tullock’s Rationale for Democracy  3. Internal Criticism  4. External Criticism  Part 6: Open Government and Just Legislation: A Defense of Democracy  1. Dahl on Madison  2. Morality and Just Government  3. A Conception of Morality  4. Democracy and Just Government: Mill’s Argument  5. Summary, Objections and Qualifications  6. Comparisons and Contrasts  Part 7: Law and Morality: The Problem of Political Obligation  1. Law and Morality  2. An Act Utilitarian View  3. The Content of Morality and the Interpretation of Law  4. Secondary Principles of Obligation

Biography

William Nelson