Democracy is very much an open question in the early twenty-first century. While voter participation declines in many traditional democracies, new movements for democracy are emerging around the world. This book brings the question of democracy out of the halls of political power and home to our daily lives, pitting "official democracy" and "democracy from below" against one another in a lively debate.

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Acknowledgements

1. Democracy as an Open Question

2. Political, Social, and Economic Democracy

3. Citizenship and Inequality

4. There and Not There: Representation and Participation

5. Red Tape: Bureaucracy, Democracy, and the State

6. The Power of Knowing

7. Democracy and Body Politics

8. The Struggle Continues

Glossary
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Index

By James Cairns and Alan Sears