Ian Shapiro Quote

An enduring embarrassment of democratic theory is that it seems impotent when faced with questions about its own scope.


Ian Shapiro and Casiano Hacker-Cordon, "Outer edges and inner edges" in Democracy's Edges (1999) edited by Ian Shapiro and Casiano Hacker-Cordon.


An enduring embarrassment of democratic theory is that it seems impotent when faced with questions about its own scope.

An enduring embarrassment of democratic theory is that it seems impotent when faced with questions about its own scope.

An enduring embarrassment of democratic theory is that it seems impotent when faced with questions about its own scope.

An enduring embarrassment of democratic theory is that it seems impotent when faced with questions about its own scope.