1. Reclaiming Democratic Classical Liberalism; David Ellerman -- 2. Democracy, Liberalism, and Discretion: The …, and Affections and the Remaking of the Social Contract; Lauren Hall -- 9. Democratic Peace Theory, Montesquieu, and Public …

republicans -- Toward a new implicit theory and a new fiction -- A new conception of the people. The emergence of 'the people … the leadership relation -- Inventing the fiction of leadership -- The challenge of democracy -- A republican prelude … -- The transition to democracy -- The implicit leadership theories of democracy -- Introducing the fictions of leadership …

pt. 1. Building democracy : aspects of voting and vigilance -- pt. 2. Searching for stability in democracy …

argues that territories where Islam spread via military conquest developed institutions and practices impervious to democracy … to democracy when rents decline. Conquests and Rents introduces a novel theoretical argument, with corroborative …