Preface to Democratic Theory, Expanded Edition

Name: Preface to Democratic Theory, Expanded Edition
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ISBN: 9780226134345

ISBN-10: 0226134342

ISBN-13: 9780226134345

Edition: 50th 2006 (Expanded)

Authors: Robert A. Dahl

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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. For…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Edition: 50th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 0.53" wide x 0.80" long x 0.05" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



List of Illustrations Author's Note


Foreword: Reflections on


A Preface to Democratic Theory


Introduction



Madisonian Democracy



Populistic Democracy



Polyarchal Democracy



Equality, Diversity, and Intensity



American Hybrid Afterword: Reevaluating Madisonian Democracy Index