A bracingly provocative challenge to one of our most cherished ideas and institutions Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They

The case for democracy is an intrinsic part of our political culture. This non-partisan book provides the other side of the story via well-researched history an

This book argues that political democracy has not fulfilled its promise and that we should therefore re-examine literature's long conservative hostility to it.

How do realize democratic values in a complex, deeply unequal modern economy and in the face of unresponsive governmental institutions? Drawing on Progressive E

A small book with great weight and urgency to it, this is both a history of democracy and a clarion call for change. "Without drastic adjustment, this system ca