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Pluralism, Democracy and Political Knowledge Robert A. Dahl and his Critics on Modern Politics
By Hans Blokland
Copyright 2011
392 Pages
by
Routledge
392 Pages
by
Routledge
392 Pages
by
Routledge
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The political discontent or malaise that typifies most modern democracies is mainly caused by the widely shared feeling that the political freedom of citizens to influence the development of their society and, related to this, their personal life, has become rather limited. We can only address this discontent when we rehabilitate politics, the deliberate, joint effort to give direction to society... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 An American Preamble; Chapter 3 Foreign Policy and Political Competence; Chapter 4 A Common Point of Departure; Chapter 5 The Behavioralist Mood; Chapter 6 A Logical Analysis of Polyarchy; Chapter 7 Empirical Research on Polyarchy; Chapter 8 Arguments in Defense of Democratic Participation; Chapter 9 Power and Powerlessness Under Polyarchy; Chapter 10 Epistemological Reservations; Chapter 11 Modern Political Science and Rationalization; Chapter 12 Modern and Old-fashioned Politics;
Biography
Hans Blokland is Professor at the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany. He has held teaching positions at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Utrecht University. He was visiting scholar at Yale University and Manchester University and fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of the Arts and Sciences. His work was awarded, among others, the Pieter de la Court-prize of the Royal Netherlands Academy of the Arts and Sciences.
'... Blokland engages the "big issues" with confidence and skill, offering an informed interpretation of recent American political theories of democracy and pluralism and their sometimes contradictory implications. A deep and thoughtful analysis.' Robert E. Lane, Yale University, USA 'Anyone who worries about the growing human cost of concentrating wealth and power in fewer and fewer hands should read this book. Hans Blokland's detailed and subtle analysis of the work of Robert Dahl restates the case for pluralism in an age that needs to understand its insights more than ever.' Alan Harding, University of Manchester, UK 'Hans Blokland’s book provides a highly needed critical and chronological reassessment of the development of the political theory of pluralism.' Political Studies Review
