Democratic Theory Author:Giovanni Sartori "Based on the author's translation of Democrazia e definizioni, the present work makes available in English an impressive and stimulating exposition and justification of democracy.... Divided into two parts, the book first presents the Argument and then passes to the Evidence. The content is by no means a history or anthology of democratic the... more »ory, but represents a fresh analysis in the tradition of Tocqueville and of Bryce, written with rigorous logic, historical insight, and semantic precision." --The Journal of Politics« less