Majorities and Minorities: Nomos XXXII

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CONTENTS Contributors i x Preface xi Introduction 1 ALAN WERTHEIME R PART I : HISTORICA L INTRODUCTIO N 1. The Demise of the Confessional State and the Rise of the Idea of a Legitimate Minority 1 1 JOSEPH CHARLE S HEI M 2. Majorities and Minorities: A Classical Utilitarian View 2 4 FREDERICK ROSE N 3. Rights and Majorities: Rousseau Revisited 4 4 JEREMY WALDRO N PART II : CONCEPTUAL AN D PROCEDURA L ISSUE S 4. Three Fallacies Concerning Majorities, Minorities, and Democratic Politics 7 9 IAN SHAPIR O 5. Democratic Theory and the Democratic Agent 12 6 DIANA T . MEYER S Vlll CONTENTS 6. Political Equality 15 1 THOMAS CHRISTIAN O 7. Public Choice Versus Democracy 18 4 RUSSELL HARDI N PART III : CULTURA L PLURALIS M AN D GROU P RIGHT S 8. Pluralism and Equality: The Status of Minority Values in a Democracy 20 7 ROBERT L . SIMO N 9. Difference and Domination: Reflections on the Relation Between Pluralism and Equality 22 6 JOSEPH H . CAREN S 10. Electoral Power, Group Power, and Democracy 25 1 ANDREW LEVIN E PART IV : THE AMERICA N EXPERIENC E 11. American Democracy and Majority Rule 26 7 JONATHAN RILE Y 12. "Yes, But . . ." : Principles and Caveats in American Racial Attitudes 30 8 JENNIFER L . HOCHSCHIL D AN D MONIC A HER K Index 33 7 ...