02945oam 2200673I 450 991045793450332120200520144314.01-317-07957-41-315-60092-71-317-07956-61-283-28199-697866132819991-4094-2932-610.4324/9781315600925 (CKB)2550000000054603(EBL)775210(OCoLC)756042390(SSID)ssj0000540118(PQKBManifestationID)12186495(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540118(PQKBWorkID)10585642(PQKB)10258530(MiAaPQ)EBC775210(MiAaPQ)EBC4512572(Au-PeEL)EBL4512572(CaPaEBR)ebr11488912(OCoLC)1018168298(OCoLC)953054006(EXLCZ)99255000000005460320180706e20162011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPluralism, democracy and political knowledge Robert A. Dahl and his critics on modern politics /Hans BloklandLondon ;New York :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (393 p.)"First published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.1-4094-2931-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 An American Preamble; 5 The Behavioralist Mood; 6 A Logical Analysis of Polyarchy; 7 Empirical Research on Polyarchy; 8 Arguments in Defense of Democratic Participation; 9 Power and Powerlessness Under Polyarchy; 10 Epistemological Reservations; 11 Modern Political Science and Rationalization; 12 Modern and Old-fashioned Politics; Bibliography; IndexTaking 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.DemocracyPhilosophyCultural pluralismPolitical aspectsPolitical scienceHistory20th centuryElectronic books.DemocracyPhilosophy.Cultural pluralismPolitical aspects.Political scienceHistory321.8Blokland Hans Theodorus.952913MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457934503321Pluralism, democracy and political knowledge2154373UNINA