Part I. Demands of Institutional Politics: 1. The problem of many hands
2. The responsibility of advisers
3. Bureaucracy and democracy
4. Judicial responsibility
5. Representatives in the welfare state
Part II. Varieties of Institutional Failure: 6. Democratic secrecy
9. Hypocrisy and democracy
10. Private life and public office
Part III. Extensions of Institutional Responsibility: 11. Restoring distrust
12. The institutional turn in professional ethics
14. Conflicts of interest in medicine
15. The privatization of business ethics
16. Democratic theory and global society.