Written with remarkable erudition and clarity, this text is the most comprehensive introduction to democracy available in a single volume. Tocquevillian in its scope and historical-philosophical in its orientation, Democracy traces popular government from its classical origins through the authoritarian and totalitarian backlash of the twentieth century. Unified by the theme of democracy as autonomycommunal, plural, and individualthe study examines democratic government and politics in normative, institutional, and procedural terms.Students of democracy will find this book especially...