Chantal Mouffe is Professor of Political Theory at the Centre of the study of Democracy at the University of Westminster. She is the author of several books including the Democratic Paradox, and with Ernesto Laclau, Hegemony and socialist strategy: towards a radical democratic politics.

Introduction One, Politics and the Political Two, Beyond the Adversarial Model? Three, Current Challenges to the Post-political Vision Four, Which World Order: Cosmopolitan or Multipolar? Five, Conclusion Six, Notes, Index

Chantal Mouffe presents a timely and stimulating account of the current state of democracy, exploring contemporary examples such as the Iraq war, racism and the rise of the far right.