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Stephen Holmes

Passions and Constraint

On the Theory of Liberal Democracy

352 pages,  6 x 9  © 1995

Cloth $29.95

ISBN: 9780226349688   Published June 1995

Paper $22.00

ISBN: 9780226349695   Published June 1997

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1: The Liberal Idea
2: The Secret History of Self-Interest
3: Hobbes's Irrational Man
4: The Constitution of Sovereignty in Jean Bodin
5: Precommitment and the Paradox of Democracy
6: The Positive Constitutionalism of John Stuart Mill
7: Gag Rules or the Politics of Omission
8: Welfare and the Liberal Conscience
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Subjects



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