Please choose one question from the following topics:
• Identify and discuss three challenges confronting democratic practice today
• Does political liberalism have universal reach?
• Do plural values necessarily conflict?
• What are the challenges that multiculturalism poses to democracy (if any)?
• Is representative democracy incompatible with demands for direct action?
• Critically discuss the idea of the ‘people’. Are the people sovereign in a democracy?
• Does populism threaten democracy?
• Does deliberation strengthen democracy? Use examples to justify your answer.
• What is citizen empowerment? How can it be achieved?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of Mouffe’s account of agonistic democracy?
• Is communism the answer to the problem of economic inequality, as parts of the literature suggest?
