Shapiro, Ian

The real world of democratic theory/ Ian Shapiro - New Jersey: Princeton University Press, c2011. - x, 291 p. ill. ; 24 cm.

"Sequel and complement to an earlier volume, Democracy's Place, which was first published in 1996."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 CHAPTER ONE: John Locke's Democratic Theory 39 CHAPTER TWO: Tyranny and Democracy: Refl ections on Some Recent Literature 68 CHAPTER THREE: Problems and Prospects for Democratic Settlements: South Africa as a Model for the Middle East and Northern Ireland? by Courtney Jung, Ellen Lust-Okar, and Ian Shapiro 80 CHAPTER FOUR: Players, Preconditions, and Peace: Why Talks Fail and How They Might Succeed by Ellen Lust and Ian Shapiro 143 CHAPTER FIVE: Containment and Democratic Cosmopolitanism 157 CHAPTER SIX: The Political Uses of Public Opinion: Lessons from the Estate Tax Repeal by Mayling Birney, Ian Shapiro, and Michael Graetz 180 CHAPTER SEVEN: The Constitutional Politics of Abortion in the United States 219 CHAPTER EIGHT: Democratic Justice : A Reply to Critics 251 Appendix to Chapter Three: Surveys of Israeli Business Elites 275 Appendix to Chapter Six: Polls on the Repeal or the Fairness of the Estate

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