Government 267 - PROBLEMS IN DEMOCRATIC THOUGHT

What is democracy? We begin with readings of Aristotle, Rousseau, and Mill to introduce some issues associated with the ideal of democratic self-government: participation, equality, majority rule vs. minority rights, the common good, pluralism, community. Readings will include selections from liberal, radical, socialist, libertarian, multiculturalist and feminist political thought. Not open to first-year students.

Not open to first-years