"Brettschneider asks important questions... the book is a call for contemporary radical democratic theorists to refocus our attention on these questions." Political Theory "Democratic Theorizing from the Margins is a very well-written, lucidly argued, important and timely book that deserves a wide audience...Her work is an excellent platform from which to examine what effectively is the current crisis of democracy, though politicians and the media compel us not to notice." Contemporary Sociology