Shows that current elitist theories are based on an inadequate understanding of the early writings of democratic theory and that much sociological evidence has been ignored.

Recent Theories of Democracy and the “Classical Myth”’, CarolePatemanParticipation and Democratic Theory (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970), pp. 1–21. © Cambridge University Press 1970, reproduced with permission.
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