Fateful alliances -- Gatekeeping in America -- The great Republican abdication -- Subverting democracy -- The guardrails of democracy -- The unwritten rules of

A renowned political philosopher updates his classic book on the American political tradition to address the perils democracy confronts today. The 1990s were a

Introduction -- American dreams : access, mobility, fairness -- Free minds : educating democratic citizens -- Hard facts : knowledge creation and checking power

This book argues that political democracy has not fulfilled its promise and that we should therefore re-examine literature's long conservative hostility to it.

"Is Democracy in Decline? is a short book that takes up the fascinating question on whether this once-revolutionary form of government--the bedrock of Western l