Crisis Of Democracy And Democratic Conceptions -- New Instruments For Popular Understandings Of Democracy -- Varying Understandings Of Democracy In Contemporary World -- Origins Of Varying Understandings Of Democracy -- Democratic Assessment Colored By Understandings Of Democracy -- Political Participation And Varying Understandings Of Democracy -- Conclusions. Jie Lu And Yun-han Chu. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.