Table of Contents

Introduction
1: Demands for Representation
The Recurrent Crisis of Representative Democracy
Does Electoral Democracy Induce the Control of Incumbents?
Conclusions
2: Demands for Choice: The Competition Between Left and Right
Introduction
The Cause of Ideological Shifts
The Political Consequences of Ideological Changes
Conclusions
3: Demands for Equality
Introduction
The Social Democratic Conception of Equality
The Evolution of Equality in Social Democratic Policies
Social Democracy and Income Distribution in Hard Times
The Political Consequences of Redistribution
Conclusions
Conclusion
Summary
European Integration and Democracy: Representation, Choice, and Redistribution
Appendix: Political Parties

About the Author

José Maria Maravall was, until his retirement in 2008, Director of the Juan March Institute in Madrid. He has held Visiting Professorships at NYU, Harvard, Columbia, and the EUI, and is an Honorary Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford and the British Academy. Between 1982 and 1988 he served as a Cabinet Minister in the Spanish government of Felipe González. His books include Regimes, Politics, and Markets (OUP, 1997) and Democracy and
the Rule of Law (co-editor with A. Przeworski, CUP, 2003).

Reviews

Demands on Democracy is stimulating, and the two middle chapters on social democracy are particularly captivating. ... It deserves to be read by all students of politics who follow the European experience with interest and hope, and recently with concern.
*Perspectives on Politics*