What Democracy Is For
In this provocative book, Stein Ringen argues that the world''s democracies are failing to live up to their ideals--the United States and Great Britain most especially. The core value of democracy, he contends, is freedom, the freedom to live a good life according to one''s own choosing. Yet he shows that democracy''s freedom is on the decline. Citizens are increasingly distrustful of political sy...
In this provocative book, Stein Ringen argues that the world''s democracies are failing to live up to their ideals--the United States and Great Britain most especially. The core value of democracy, he contends, is freedom, the freedom to live a good life according to one''s own choosing. Yet he shows that democracy''s freedom is on the decline. Citizens are increasingly distrustful of political sy...
