April Carter is Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Queensland Geoffrey Stokes is Professor of Politics at Deakin University

'Carter and Stokes are to be congratulated for putting together a highly accessible collection of essays that illuminate and advance debates at the cutting edge of democratic theory.'Ian Shapiro, Yale University "The nearly one dozen essaysin this volume traverse the field in useful provocative ways. They not only help place the field in clearer focus, but make constructive contributions to ongoing debates...For the unintiated it will serve as a nice introduction to current debates. For scholars in the field it will serve as a useful map of where democratic theory now stands" James Johnson, University of Rochester

• Acknowledgements. Contributors.Democratic Theory Today: An Introduction April Carter and Geoffrey Stokes.Part I: Challenges to Democracy.Chapter 1: Democracy and Citizenship Geoffrey Stokes.Chapter 2: Democracy and Inequality Harry Brighouse.Chapter 3: Democracy, Citizenship and Gender Elizabeth Frazer.Chapter 4: Democracy and Group Rights John Kane.Chapter 5: Democracy and Nationalism Margaret Canovan.Chapter 6: Democracy and Indigneous Self-determination Michele Ivanitz.Part II: Theoretical Responses.Chapter 7: Deliberative Democracy Mark Warren.Chapter 8: Civil Society and Democracy Baogang He.Chapter 9: Associative Democracy April Carter.Chapter 10: Social Democracy Raymond Plant.Chapter 11: Transnational Democracy Anthony McGrew.Index

April Carter is Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Queensland Geoffrey Stokes is Professor of Politics at Deakin University

'Carter and Stokes are to be congratulated for putting together a highly accessible collection of essays that illuminate and advance debates at the cutting edge of democratic theory.'Ian Shapiro, Yale University "The nearly one dozen essaysin this volume traverse the field in useful provocative ways. They not only help place the field in clearer focus, but make constructive contributions to ongoing debates...For the unintiated it will serve as a nice introduction to current debates. For scholars in the field it will serve as a useful map of where democratic theory now stands" James Johnson, University of Rochester

• Acknowledgements. Contributors.Democratic Theory Today: An Introduction April Carter and Geoffrey Stokes.Part I: Challenges to Democracy.Chapter 1: Democracy and Citizenship Geoffrey Stokes.Chapter 2: Democracy and Inequality Harry Brighouse.Chapter 3: Democracy, Citizenship and Gender Elizabeth Frazer.Chapter 4: Democracy and Group Rights John Kane.Chapter 5: Democracy and Nationalism Margaret Canovan.Chapter 6: Democracy and Indigneous Self-determination Michele Ivanitz.Part II: Theoretical Responses.Chapter 7: Deliberative Democracy Mark Warren.Chapter 8: Civil Society and Democracy Baogang He.Chapter 9: Associative Democracy April Carter.Chapter 10: Social Democracy Raymond Plant.Chapter 11: Transnational Democracy Anthony McGrew.Index

April Carter is Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Queensland Geoffrey Stokes is Professor of Politics at Deakin University

'Carter and Stokes are to be congratulated for putting together a highly accessible collection of essays that illuminate and advance debates at the cutting edge of democratic theory.'Ian Shapiro, Yale University "The nearly one dozen essaysin this volume traverse the field in useful provocative ways. They not only help place the field in clearer focus, but make constructive contributions to ongoing debates...For the unintiated it will serve as a nice introduction to current debates. For scholars in the field it will serve as a useful map of where democratic theory now stands" James Johnson, University of Rochester

• Acknowledgements. Contributors.Democratic Theory Today: An Introduction April Carter and Geoffrey Stokes.Part I: Challenges to Democracy.Chapter 1: Democracy and Citizenship Geoffrey Stokes.Chapter 2: Democracy and Inequality Harry Brighouse.Chapter 3: Democracy, Citizenship and Gender Elizabeth Frazer.Chapter 4: Democracy and Group Rights John Kane.Chapter 5: Democracy and Nationalism Margaret Canovan.Chapter 6: Democracy and Indigneous Self-determination Michele Ivanitz.Part II: Theoretical Responses.Chapter 7: Deliberative Democracy Mark Warren.Chapter 8: Civil Society and Democracy Baogang He.Chapter 9: Associative Democracy April Carter.Chapter 10: Social Democracy Raymond Plant.Chapter 11: Transnational Democracy Anthony McGrew.Index