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This new edition examines some of the philosophical and theoretical issues underlying the 'democratic project' which increasingly dominates the fields of comparative development and international relations. The first concern presented here is normative and epistemological: as democracy becomes more widely accepted as the political currency of legitimacy, the more broadly it is defined. But as agreement decreases regarding the definition of democracy, the less we are able to evaluate how it is working, or indeed whether it is working at all.The second issue is causal: what are the claims being

Democracy. --- Democracy -- Philosophy. --- Democracy --- World politics --- Political Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Political Theory of the State --- Colonialism --- Global politics --- International politics --- Political history --- Political science --- World history --- Eastern question --- Geopolitics --- International organization --- International relations --- Self-government --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- civil society. --- comparative development. --- democratic norms. --- democratic system. --- democratic theory. --- democratization debates. --- developing states. --- economic well-being. --- globalization of democracy. --- legitimacy. --- philosophical ideals. --- political obstacles. --- political strategy. --- robust democracy.