Pluralism, Democracy and Political Knowledge: Robert A. Dahl and His Critics on Modern PoliticsTaking 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. |
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according to Dahl activities American Political Science asserts assumptions behavior behavioralists Berelson Blokland Chapter choice citizens conception conflict consensus consequences considers criticism critique culture Dahl and Lindblom Dahl’s David Truman decision democratic discussion Domhoff Easton economic elections electoral elite emphasizes empirical epistemological essentially contested concepts existing explain formulated freedom goals ideas ideology important individual inequality influence interest groups Internet democracy Iraq issues Lane leaders less liberal mainly majority Mannheim means methodological individualism modern Moreover negative freedom Nonetheless normative observes opinion organizations Pateman percent perspective pluralism pluralists point of departure political participation political parties political scholars political science political scientists political system political theory politicians polyarchy position possible preferences problems question rational reason Reich relations role rule Schumpeter Schumpeter's scientific social society stability standpoints theorists theory of democracy thinking Truman values vote voters Weber writes Dahl