1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000000370503321

Titolo

Atti dell'Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Venezia : Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti

ISSN

0392-6680

Disciplina

505

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910482012303321

Autore

Schumaker Paul

Titolo

Critical Pluralism, Democratic Performance, and Community Power / Paul Schumaker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Press of Kansas, 1991

Lawrence, Kan. : , : Univ. Pr. of Kansas, , 1991

©1991

ISBN

0-7006-0439-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVIII, 258) : Diagramme

Collana

Studies in government and public policy

Disciplina

320.8/09781/65

Soggetti

Entscheidungsprozess

Gemeindeverwaltung

Fallstudiensammlung

Gemeindedemokratie - USA

Gemeindedemokratie - Kanada

Gemeinde - Entscheidung (Politik) - Kanada

Entscheidung - (Politik) - Gemeinde - Kanada

Gemeinde - Entscheidung (Politik) - USA

Entscheidung - (Politik) - Gemeinde - USA

Representative government and representation

Municipal government

Cultural pluralism

Community power

Representative government and representation - United States

Municipal government - United States

Cultural pluralism - United States



Case studies.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Dedication -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Acronyms -- Preface -- 1. Evaluating Democratic Performance in Community Policymaking -- 2. Three Ideals of Pluralist Democracy -- 3. A Comparative Analysis of Twenty-nine Lawrence Issues -- 4. Competing Principles and Urban Ideologies -- 5. Challenging Existing Institutions and Leadership -- 6. Developing the Local Economy -- 7. Protecting the Neighborhoods -- 8. Restricting Individual Choices -- 9. Providing Public Services and Welfare -- 10. Saving the Downtown -- 11. Political Culture: Principles, Preferences, and Policies -- 12. Political Power: Participants, Citizens, and Democracy -- 13. Political Justice: Divisions, Standings, and Complex Equality -- 14. Critical Pluralism and the Rules of the Game -- Appendix: Determining the Principles at Stake on Concrete  Issues -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

A central question in political science is who governs and how.Typically political scientists attempt to answer this question by relying upon either empirical analysis, which explains existing political practices, or normative analysis, which prescribes ideal political practices.Political scientist Paul Schumaker rejects this distinction between empirical and normative theory. Instead, he weds the two approaches to create the new analytical mode he calls critical pluralism. With it he can measure variances in government from pluralist/democratic ideals and still provide theoretical explanations of why the variances occurred.Schumaker uses critical pluralism to describe, explain, and evaluate variations in three key measures of democratic performance: responsible representation, complex equality, and principlepolicy congruence. To test his framework and methodology he analyzes 29 community issues that arose in Lawrence, Kansas, between 1977 and 1987. The results of his study—one of the most comprehensive databases ever in the study of community politics—will be of interest to those who study community power. The conceptual framework itself and methodology used in assessing democratic performance will have a lasting impact on the way community government is studied.