Introducing Democracy: Eighty Questions and Answers

Author/Contributor(s):	Beetham, David ; Boyle, Kevin
Publisher:	Polity Press
Date:	12/01/1995
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

What is democracy? Why should we value it? What is the relation between democracy and individual rights? Is majority rule always democratic? Why do we have political parties? Are some electoral systems more democratic than others? What is the relation between nationalism and democracy, or democracy and a market economy? How can democracy be maintained and improved? What difference does it make to ordinary people? What is its future?