Pluralism, Democracy and Political Knowledge: Robert A. Dahl and His Critics on Modern Politics

ISBN-13: 9781138268746 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 392 str.

Hans Blokland

Opis

Taking his work as a point of reference, this book not only provides an illuminating history of political science, told via Dahl and his critics. It also offers a revealing analysis as to what progress we have made in our thinking on pluralism and democracy, and what progress we could make, given social sciences epistemological constraints. Above and beyond this, the development and the problems of pluralism and democracy are explored in the context of the process of modernization.

Recenzje

'... 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

Spis treści

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;

O autorze

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.