Walter Horn, Democratic Theory Naturalized: The Foundations of Distilled Populism. Lanham, MD.: Lexington Books, 2021. ISBN: 9781793624956, $105, hbk.

The book review discusses Walter Horn's "Democratic Theory Naturalized: The Foundations of Distilled Populism," which explores the resurgence of populism in Western democracies and proposes a democratic theory that embraces populism while rejecting moralism. Horn introduces the concept of CHOICE, a prudential value-based framework for democratic control, and delves into detailed discussions on voting, representation, and democratic institutions. While the book offers original insights and challenges conventional political philosophy, it has been critiqued for its rejection of a robustly moral basis for democracy. [Extracted from the article]