An Ecological Theory of Democracy: Steps Toward a Non-Equilibrium View of Politics

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1 Describing Democracy Dynamically.- One: The Character of Definition.- Two: Defining Democracy: The Problem of Definitional Unity.- Three: Describing Democracy Dynamically: Toward an Ecological Approach to Democracy.- 2 What Does it Mean to Speak Dynamically About Democracy?.- One: The Character of Change.- Two: The Concepts of a Dynamical System.- Three: The Limits of Mathematics in Social Analysis.- Four: Expanding the Limits of the Formal Language.- 3 Two Party Dynamics.- One: The Dynamics of the Two Party Competition.- Two: The Material Basis of Party Dynamics.- Three: The Problem of Context: Describing the Efficient Cause for Two Party Dynamics.- Summary.- 4 -N- Party Democracy The Role of the Minimal State.- One: Self Equilibrium and the Dynamics of -N- Group Democracy.- Two: Interpreting the Interaction Matrix.- Three: Pluralism and the Emergence of the Minimal State.- Summary.- 5 Democratic Instability and the Role of Political Institutions.- One: Stability and Complexity in a Model Pluralist Polity.- Two: Political Institutions and the Dynamics of Democratic Practice.- Three: On The Relevance and Irrelevance of Political Institutions: Confining the Dynamics of Democratic Practice.- 6 What are the Dynamic Prospects for Democracy?.- One: The Choice of Appropriate Language.- Two: What is the Fundamental Feature of Democratic Practice?.- Three: Summary: What are the Results of the Inquiry?.- selected Bibliography.

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