A Preface to Democratic Theory

“ A Preface to Democratic Theory is well worth the devoted attention of anyone who cares about democracy.” — Political Science Quarterly This book by Robert Dahl helped launch democratic theory sixty years ago as a new area of study in political science, and it remains the standard introduction to the field. Exploring problems that had been left unsolved by traditional thought on democracy, Dahl here examines two influential models—the Madisonian, which represents prevailing American doctrine, a