Tocqueville pessimistically predicted that liberty and equality would be incompatible ideas. Robert Dahl, author of the classic A Preface to Democratic Theory,

This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions becaus

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