Table of Contents

1. Approaching the Study of Democracy
Cameron D. Anderson, Western University and Laura B. Stephenson, Western University

Part I – Democracy in Theory: Normative Approaches

2. Democracy: What and Why
Charles Jones, Western University

3. Is Majority Rule Democratic?
Richard Vernon, Western University

Part II – Analyzing Democracy: Positivist Approaches

4. Evaluating a Democracy: Are Citizens Engaged?
Cameron D. Anderson, Western University and Laura B. Stephenson, Western University

5. Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy
David Armstrong, Western University

6. A Democratic Continuum?
Bruce Morrison, Western University

7. Membership Rules for Democratic Communities: Canada and the United States
Andrew Sancton, Western University and Christopher Alcantara, Western University

8. Representation and the Practice of Politics
Rob Leone, Western University and Josh Morgan, City Councilor, London, Ontario

9. The Democratic Dimensions of Specialized Governments
Joseph Lyons, Western University

Part III – Interpreting Democracy: Critical and Post-modern Approaches

10. Hatred of Democracy
Dan Bousfield, Western University

11. Rethinking Democracy
Nandita Biswas Mellamphy, Western University

About the Author

Cameron D. Anderson is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Western University.
Laura B. Stephenson is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario.

Reviews

"In What Is Democracy and How Do We Study It? Anderson and Stephenson have brought together an array of scholars to provide readers with a comprehensive overview of the varied approaches used to study politics. The focus on the study of democracy as the touchstone for the book is excellent, offering readers not only ample exposure to a variety of methodologies, but also an important set of questions in the process. I have no doubt this book will be a great resource for our discipline, both within and outside of the classroom."--Jason Roy, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University
"Anchoring discussions of research methodology on one theoretical question, What Is Democracy and How Do We Study It? brings something new to the field which many will welcome to help teach research methodology." --Joanne Boucher, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Winnipeg
"A novel contribution, What Is Democracy and How Do We Study It? is an improvement on mainstream methods books and will be a useful accompaniment for methods-based courses." --Sanjay Jeram, Undergraduate Program Chair and Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University