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ISBN 10: 0262042177 ISBN 13: 9780262042178

Casa editrice: Mit Pr, 2003

Riassunto

The Democracy Sourcebook offers a collection of classic writings and contemporary scholarship on democracy, creating a book that can be used by undergraduate and graduate students in a wide variety of courses, including American politics, international relations, comparative politics, and political philosophy. The editors have chosen substantial excerpts from the essential theorists of the past, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Stuart Mill, Alexis de Tocqueville, and the authors of The Federalist Papers; they place them side by side with the work of such influential modern scholars as Joseph Schumpeter, Adam Przeworski, Seymour Martin Lipset, Samuel P. Huntington, Ronald Dworkin, and Amartya Sen.

The book is divided into nine self-contained chapters: "Defining Democracy," which discusses procedural, deliberative, and substantive democracy; "Sources of Democracy," on why democracy exists in some countries and not in others; "Democracy, Culture, and Society," about cultural and sociological preconditions for democracy; "Democracy and Constitutionalism," which focuses on the importance of independent courts and a bill of rights; "Presidentialism versus Parliamentarianism"; "Representation," discussing which is the fairest system of democratic accountability; "Interest Groups"; "Democracy's Effects," an examination of the effect of democracy on economic growth and social inequality; and finally, "Democracy and the Global Order" discusses the effects of democracy on international relations, including the propensity for war and the erosion of national sovereignty by transnational forces.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Robert A. Dahl, was a leading authority on democracy, and the author of many books, including A Preface to Democracy, Democracy and Its Critics, and How Democratic Is the American Constitution? He was Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Yale University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Mit Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0262042177
• ISBN 13: 9780262042178
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 560
• Redattore: Dahl Robert Alan, Shapiro Ian, Cheibub Jose Antonio
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile