A Preface To Democratic Theory

Author : Robert A. Dahl
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0226134261

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A Preface to Democratic Theory by Robert A. Dahl Pdf

Robert Dahl's Preface helped launch democratic theory fifty years ago as a new area of study in political science, and it remains the standard introduction to the field. Exploring problems that had been left unsolved by traditional thought on democracy, Dahl here examines two influential models--the Madisonian, which represents prevailing American doctrine, and its recurring challenger, populist theory--arguing that they do not accurately portray how modern democracies operate. He then constructs a model more consistent with how contemporary democracies actually function, and, in doing so, develops some original views of popular sovereignty and the American constitutional system.

Author : Robert A. Dahl
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226118727

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A Preface to Democratic Theory by Robert A. Dahl Pdf

“A Preface to Democratic Theory is well worth the devoted attention of anyone who cares about democracy.” —Political Science Quarterly This book by Robert Dahl helped launch democratic theory sixty years ago as a new area of study in political science, and it remains the standard introduction to the field. Exploring problems that had been left unsolved by traditional thought on democracy, Dahl here examines two influential models—the Madisonian, which represents prevailing American doctrine, and its recurring challenger, populist theory—arguing that they do not accurately portray how modern democracies operate. He then constructs a model more consistent with how contemporary democracies actually function, and, in doing so, develops some original views of popular sovereignty and the American constitutional system. For this edition, Dahl has written an extensive new afterword that reevaluates Madisonian theory in light of recent research. And in a new foreword, he reflects back on his influential volume and the ways his views have evolved since he wrote it. For any student or scholar of political science, this new material is an essential update on a gold standard in the evolving field of democratic theory.

Author : Robert A. Dahl
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780520341166

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A Preface to Economic Democracy by Robert A. Dahl Pdf

Tocqueville pessimistically predicted that liberty and equality would be incompatible ideas. Robert Dahl, author of the classic A Preface to Democratic Theory, explores this alleged conflict, particularly in modern American society where differences in ownership and control of corporate enterprises create inequalities in resources among Americans that in turn generate inequality among them as citizens. Arguing that Americans have misconceived the relation between democracy, private property, and the economic order, the author contends that we can achieve a society of real democracy and political equality without sacrificing liberty by extending democratic principles into the economic order. Although enterprise control by workers violates many conventional political and ideological assumptions of corporate capitalism as well as of state socialism. Dahl presents an empirically informed and philosophically acute defense of "workplace democracy." He argues, in the light of experiences here and abroad, that an economic system of worker-owned and worker-controlled enterprises could provide a much better foundation for democracy, political equality, and liberty than does our present system of corporate capitalism.

Author : Carole Pateman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 052129004X

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Participation and Democratic Theory by Carole Pateman Pdf

Shows that current elitist theories are based on an inadequate understanding of the early writings of democratic theory and that much sociological evidence has been ignored.

Author : Robert A. Dahl
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0300153554

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Democracy and Its Critics by Robert A. Dahl Pdf

In this prize-winning book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our time makes a major statement about what democracy is and why it is important. Robert Dahl examines the most basic assumptions of democratic theory, tests them against the questions raised by its critics, and recasts the theory of democracy into a new and coherent whole. He concludes by discussing the directions in which democracy must move if advanced democratic states are to exist in the future. “When Robert Dahl speaks about democracy, everyone should listen. With Democracy and Its Critics Dahl has produced a work destined to become another classic.”—Lucian W. Pye, American Political Science Review “In this magisterial work [Dahl]… describe[s] what democracy means…; why our own democracy is still deeply flawed; and how we could reform it…. A work of extraordinary intelligence and, what is even rarer, a work of extraordinary wisdom.”—Robert N. Bellah, New York Times Book Review

Author : Linda M. G. Zerilli
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226398037

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A Democratic Theory of Judgment by Linda M. G. Zerilli Pdf

In this sweeping look at political and philosophical history, Linda M. G. Zerilli unpacks the tightly woven core of Hannah Arendt’s unfinished work on a tenacious modern problem: how to judge critically in the wake of the collapse of inherited criteria of judgment. Engaging a remarkable breadth of thinkers, including Ludwig Wittgenstein, Leo Strauss, Immanuel Kant, Frederick Douglass, John Rawls, Jürgen Habermas, Martha Nussbaum, and many others, Zerilli clears a hopeful path between an untenable universalism and a cultural relativism that forever defers the possibility of judging at all. Zerilli deftly outlines the limitations of existing debates, both those that concern themselves with the impossibility of judging across cultures and those that try to find transcendental, rational values to anchor judgment. Looking at Kant through the lens of Arendt, Zerilli develops the notion of a public conception of truth, and from there she explores relativism, historicism, and universalism as they shape feminist approaches to judgment. Following Arendt even further, Zerilli arrives at a hopeful new pathway—seeing the collapse of philosophical criteria for judgment not as a problem but a way to practice judgment anew as a world-building activity of democratic citizens. The result is an astonishing theoretical argument that travels through—and goes beyond—some of the most important political thought of the modern period.

Author : Robert A. Dahl
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226134345

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A Preface to Democratic Theory, Expanded Edition by Robert A. Dahl Pdf

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Author : Robert A. Dahl
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1963-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0226134261

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A Preface to Democratic Theory by Robert A. Dahl Pdf

A Preface to Democratic Theory explores some problems left unsolved by traditional democratic theory, Professor Dahl examines two influential "model" theories—the Madisonian, representing the prevailing American doctrine, and its recurring challenger, the populistic theory—and argues that they no longer explain how modern democracies operate. He then constructs a model more consistent with modern political science, and, in doing so, develops some unique views of popular sovereignty and the American constitutional system. "A Preface to Democratic Theory is well worth the devoted attention of anyone who cares about democracy. For it will have an important influence on both theory about democracy and on actual practice in democracies round the world."—Bernard Barber, Political Science Quarterly "The book is a must for democratic theorists."—J. Roland Pennock, Journal of Politics

Author : Martin Edelman
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1985-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438401843

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Democratic Theories and the Constitution by Martin Edelman Pdf

Although the government of the United States is traditionally viewed as a democracy, there is considerable disagreement about what democracy means and implies. In a comprehensive study Professor Edelman examines the three democratic paradigms most prevalent in America today: natural rights, contract, and competition. Theories based on these paradigms lead to different ideas of democracy, each of which yields variant interpretations of the Constitution. This close relationship between democratic theories and constitutional interpretations is analyzed in an extensive historical introduction, which focuses on some of the major thinkers in American history. Edelman's discussion shows that neither the Constitution nor the development of American political thought can serve as an authoritative basis for any one theory of democracy. Instead of a particular theory, the historical constant was an appeal to reason inherent in our basic charter. In his methodological section, Edelman argues that we must use reason to clarify the latent values inherent in the differing concepts of democracy and the consequences that flow from them. He analyzes judicial ideas in the light of three concepts deemed central to any democratic theory—citizenship, political participation, and political freedom—and concludes with a balanced account of contemporary democratic theories, the constitutional theories related to them, and a critique of both.

Author : Robert Alan Dahl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Democracy
ISBN : OCLC:284694

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Preface to Democratic Theory by Robert Alan Dahl Pdf

Author : Robert A. Dahl
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300133745

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On Political Equality by Robert A. Dahl Pdf

In this book, the eminent psychoanalyst Leonard Shengold looks at why some people are resistant to change, even when it seems to promise a change for the better. Drawing on a lifetime of clinical experience as well as wide readings of world literature, Shengold shows how early childhood relationships with parents can lead to a powerful conviction that change means loss. Dr. Shengold, who is well known for his work on the lasting affects of childhood trauma and child abuse in such seminal books as Soul Murder and Soul Murder Revisited, continues his exploration into the consequences of early psychological injury and loss. In the examples of his patients and in the lives and work of such figures as Edna St. Vincent Millay, William Wordsworth, and Henrik Ibsen, Shengold looks at the different ways in which unconscious impressions connected with early experiences and fantasies about parents are integrated into individual lives. He shows the difficulties he encounters with his patients in raising these memories to the conscious level where they can be known and owned; and he also shows, in his survey of literary figures, how these memories can become part of the creative process. Haunted by Parents offers a deeply humane reflection on the values and limitations of therapy, on memory and the lingering effects of the past, and on the possibility of recognizing the promise of the future.

Author : Robert A. Dahl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0300084552

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On Democracy by Robert A. Dahl Pdf

Publisher Fact Sheet In this accessible & authoritative book, an eminent political theorist provides a primer on democracy that clarifies what it is, why it is valuable, how it works, & what challenges it confronts in the future. Since its original publication in 1999, the book has been translated or is being translated in more than a dozen foreign languages.

Author : Mark I. Lichbach
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107025813

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Democratic Theory and Causal Methodology in Comparative Politics by Mark I. Lichbach Pdf

Barrington Moore bequeathed comparativists a problem: how to reconcile his causal claim of "no bourgeoisie, no democracy" with his normative "dream of a free and rational society." In this book, Mark I. Lichbach harmonizes causal methodology and normative democratic theory, illustrating their interrelationship. Using a dialogue among four specific texts, Lichbach advances five constructive themes. First, comparativists should study the causal agency of individuals, groups, and democracies. Second, the three types of collective agency should be paired with an exploration of three corresponding moral dilemmas: ought-is, freedom-power, and democracy-causality. Third, at the center of inquiry, comparativists should place big-P Paradigms and big-M Methodology. Fourth, as they play with research schools, creatively combining prescriptive and descriptive approaches to democratization, they should encourage a mixed-theory and mixed-method field. Finally, comparativists should study pragmatic questions about political power and democratic performance: In building a democratic state, which democracy, under which conditions, is best, and how might it be achieved?

Author : James Roland Pennock
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400868469

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Democratic Political Theory by James Roland Pennock Pdf

Professor Pennock launches an encyclopedic study that evaluates and ultimately synthesizes a variety of democratic theories. After defining democracy and examining the basic tensions both within and between liberty and equality, and individualism and collectivism, the author sets forth two typologies of operational democratic theories, one related to power, the other related to motivation. In succeeding chapters, he analyzes a series of problems with which any operating democracy must contend, and then measures—on the basis of empirical work done in this area—the adequacy of the various theories in dealing with these problems. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Robert Alan Dahl,Edward R. Tufte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 0196904110

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Size and Democracy by Robert Alan Dahl,Edward R. Tufte Pdf