Dr. Roslyn Fuller is a research associate at Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland. Her latest book, Beasts and Gods: How Democracy Changed Its Meaning and Lost Its Purpose, was published by Zed Books in November.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES

Democracy Versus Liberalism
Roslyn Fuller considers Josiah Ober's "Demopolis: Democracy before Liberalism in Theory and Practice."...

Pirates, Democracy, and the Digital Revolution
Roslyn Fuller considers the Pirate Party's recent success in Iceland and whether it could signal a new path in American politics....

“Against Democracy” and “Against Elections”: Where Do We Go From Here?
Two books argue against democracy as it is practiced and explore alternatives. No, not dictatorship....

Democracy — Too Much of a Good Thing?
Roslyn Fuller and Andrew Sullivan discuss the United States’s current political system and debate whether more or less of it is beneficial....

The United States Is Not a Democracy
EVEN IN AN ELECTION YEAR, there’s little that induces an instinctive yawn like a book about democracy. As a theme, ...
