New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2006. "An excellent book for both specialists in political theory and political activists." -Choice. The first-ever English-language collection of Rosanvallon's work, includes his most important essays on the meanings, historical fortunes, and future prospects of democracy. His approach uncovers and examines the "pathologies" that have curtailed democracy's potential and challenges the antitotalitarian liberalism that has dominated recent political thought. In doing so, his writings and ideas have helped to establish a new vision of progressive politics, beyond Marxism and liberalism.