05524oam 22009254a 450 991048201230332120250905110045.00-7006-0439-1(CKB)5590000000429846(OCoLC)1227916147(MdBmJHUP)muse95562(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/93153(MiAaPQ)EBC32222993(Au-PeEL)EBL32222993(OCoLC)1531319156(oapen)doab93153(ODN)ODN0011120654(EXLCZ)99559000000042984619990101d1991 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCritical Pluralism, Democratic Performance, and Community PowerPaul Schumaker1st ed.University Press of Kansas1991Lawrence, Kan. :Univ. Pr. of Kansas,1991.©1991.1 online resource (XVIII, 258) DiagrammeStudies in government and public policy0-7006-3118-6 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.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.Studies in Government and Public Policy SeriesEntscheidungsprozessgndGemeindeverwaltunggndFallstudiensammlunggndGemeindedemokratieUSAidsbbGemeindedemokratieKanadaidsbbGemeindeEntscheidung (Politik)KanadaidsbbEntscheidung(Politik)GemeindeKanadaidsbbGemeindeEntscheidung (Politik)USAidsbbEntscheidung(Politik)GemeindeUSAidsbbRepresentative government and representationfast(OCoLC)fst01094941Municipal governmentfast(OCoLC)fst01029299Cultural pluralismfast(OCoLC)fst01715991Community powerfast(OCoLC)fst00871135Representative government and representationUnited StatesCase studiesMunicipal governmentUnited StatesCase studiesCultural pluralismUnited StatesCase studiesCommunity powerCase studiesUnited StatesgndUnited StatesfastCase studies.Entscheidungsprozess.Gemeindeverwaltung.Fallstudiensammlung.GemeindedemokratieGemeindedemokratieGemeindeEntscheidung (Politik)Entscheidung(Politik)GemeindeGemeindeEntscheidung (Politik)Entscheidung(Politik)GemeindeRepresentative government and representation.Municipal government.Cultural pluralism.Community power.Representative government and representationMunicipal governmentCultural pluralismCommunity power320.8/09781/65Schumaker Paul1022522MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910482012303321Critical Pluralism, Democratic Performance, and Community Power2428850UNINA