Democracy: All That Matters argues that we are facing a crisis of democracy. This is a crisis of growth, what with the Arab Spring and possible change in Burma and elsewhere, and it is a crisis of alienation and stagnation for the more established democracies. The problems of extending democracy to a transnational level, and the uncontrolled power exerted by financial markets and the wealthy, are threatening the core of democratic values and effectiveness.
Beller's book starts with questioning why we should care about democracy, before looking at what it has come to mean, and where it originally comes from.
Subsequent chapters explore how democracies work in practice, how democratic today's democracies actually are, and the future of democracy.
This accessible and readable book will appeal to both students and general readers, giving a fascinating introduction to democracy - and what matters most about it.