Democratic equality /
"Democracy establishes relationships of political equality, ones in which citizens equally share authority over what they do together and respect one another as equals. But in today's divided public square, democracy is challenged by political thinkers who disagree about how democratic ins...
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2019]
Princeton, New Jersey : [2019] Princeton, New Jersy : [2019] |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Foundations
- Equality as a social ideal
- Political equality
- Part II. Conception
- Against equal power
- Democratic authority and appropriate consideration
- Elections and fair representation
- Democratic deliberation
- Part III. Institutions
- Unequal voting: the US Senate and electoral college
- Proportional representation
- Racial vote dilution and gerrymandering
- Oligarchic threats
- Judicial review
- Conclusion