DEMOCRACY READER

A comprehensive tool for understanding democracy and the central role that citizens play in making democracy work. The first section contains texts by distinguished scholars and discussion questions on the basic elements of democracy; the second, using the same format, deals with the obstacles encountered on the way to democracy and strategies for addressing them. The third is an album of civic stories, accounts of civic epiphanies and transformations from around the world. Portions of the book are from the highly acclaimed Democracy is a Discussion handbooks. The book is an all-in-one introduction to both the theory and practice of democracy, aimed at upper-level high school and university students and civic-minded adults in both old and new democracies.