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Is democracy possible?

In: Morality and Power

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Chapter 10 asks whether democracy is possible and if so, if it is desirable. The chapter begins with the familiar approach of social choice theory and debates over the ‘impossibility’ of deriving a majoritarian social welfare function. It argues that the fixation with the extension of rational choice theory to the societal level diverts attention from the real political economic forces determining the extent of ‘effective democracy’, in its classical and modern senses, characterizing the role and position of citizens in developed Western societies.

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  • ., 2017. "Is democracy possible?," Chapters, in: Morality and Power, chapter 10, pages 155-180, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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