The Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought is designed to bring together all the ideas that matter to democracy, past, present and future. It explores these ideas through a co-ordinated collection of essays on key concepts and issues. The result is a meeting of many of the world's leading political scientists, political sociologists and political philosophers. The design of the Encyclopedia is driven by ideas, and so the context is both analytical and reflective. The essays draw on every tradition of democratic thought as well as developing concepts. The essays also consider the practical...