Democracy and Human Rights
October 1999, Polity
1. Defining and Justifying Democracy.
Some Conditions for Democracy.
2. Liberal Democracy and the Limits of Democratization.
3. Market Economy and Democratic Polity.
4. Conditions for Democratic Consolidation.
Democracy and Human Rights.
5. Human Rights and Democracy: a Multi-faceted Relationship.
6. What future for Economic and Social Rights?.
7. Human Rights as a Model for Cosmopolitan Democracy.
8. Key Principles and Indices for a Democratic Audit.
9. Democratic Criteria for Electoral Systems.
* Addresses how we should conceptualise, measure and assess democracy.
* Written in a clear and accessible style.
"David Beetham's writings on democracy have long been recognized for their acute combination of normative and institutional concerns, but this collection makes clearer than ever the driving force behind his work. Never one to shelter behind notions of essential contestation or irresoluble difference, he brings an exemplary clarity to the understanding of democracy and human rights and addresses the conditions under which these can thrive. This book cuts through much current confusion. In doing so, it provides us with many of the tools we need to make our democracies work." Anne Phillips, London School of Economics and Political Science