chapter investigates the relationship of classical liberalism in general and of Buchanan in particular to democratic theory … coercive. Historically, democratic theory had to go beyond that simplistic notion of democracy to develop a critique of consent …Nancy MacLean’s book, Democracy in Chains , raised questions about James M. Buchanan’s commitment to democracy. This …

credentials and legitimacy. The normative appraisal depends on the conception of democracy adopted. While critics frequently … espouse a majoritarian conception, this paper argues that it is too thin of a model of democracy. Alternatively, it argues … that a pluralistic conception of liberal democracy is thicker, and truer to the fundamental values of liberty and political …