Deliberation, social choice and absolutist democracy / David van Mill.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Routledge innovations in political theory ; 22.
Main Author: Van Mill, David
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Series:Routledge innovations in political theory ; 22.
Subjects:
Democracy.
Social choice.
Decision making.
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Physical Description:viii, 189 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Overview of the chapters
  • A comparison of social choice and deliberative theories of democracy
  • Introduction
  • Discourse and democracy
  • Social choice theory
  • Criticisms of deliberative democracy
  • Criticisms of social choice theory
  • Conclusion
  • Circumventing Arrow's theorem
  • Introduction
  • What hope for democracy?
  • Can deliberative democracy and social choice theory be made compatible?
  • Abandoning democratic purity
  • Limiting participation
  • Conclusion
  • An empirical test of social choice and deliberative theories of democracy
  • Introduction
  • A broad description of the institution
  • Case studies : administration and governance of the west, and the location of the capital
  • Conclusion
  • Hobbesian sovereignty
  • Introduction
  • Hobbesian sovereignty
  • Hobbes's intentions
  • Success?
  • Conclusion : Hobbesian absolutism revisited
  • Democracy versus constitutionalism
  • Introduction
  • The fear of the majority
  • Free speech
  • Back to constitutions
  • The British Constitution
  • Conclusion : limits on parliamentary supremacy.