Democracy and Complexity: A Realist Approach. (book reviews)

These two books address, from different perspectives, a central issue of contemporary democratic theory: How are we to understand democratic politics at a time when the society that democracy has to govern appears increasingly fragmented into a multitude of groups, each having its own distinct identity and issuing political demands based on that identity? How can we hold on to the democratic ideals of citizenship and the popular will in the face of such radical pluralism? The answers given are, however, very different.

Danilo Zolo offers us a thoroughgoing "realist" ...

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