The book offers a novel and original synthesis of work in modern political theory and in political science and political economy to offer a theory of democratic justice, considering society as a social contract.[...]
This wide-ranging text identifies and assesses the main conceptions of democracy from participationist to elitist. It proceeds to consider, in detail, a range of key issues in democratic theory in relation to which these conceptions can be distinguished. The second edition has been revised throughou[...]