LEADER 02945oam 2200673I 450 001 9910457934503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-317-07957-4 010 $a1-315-60092-7 010 $a1-317-07956-6 010 $a1-283-28199-6 010 $a9786613281999 010 $a1-4094-2932-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315600925 035 $a(CKB)2550000000054603 035 $a(EBL)775210 035 $a(OCoLC)756042390 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000540118 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12186495 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540118 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10585642 035 $a(PQKB)10258530 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC775210 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4512572 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4512572 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11488912 035 $a(OCoLC)1018168298 035 $a(OCoLC)953054006 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000054603 100 $a20180706e20162011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPluralism, democracy and political knowledge $eRobert A. Dahl and his critics on modern politics /$fHans Blokland 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (393 p.) 300 $a"First published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso. 311 $a1-4094-2931-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aTaking 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. 606 $aDemocracy$xPhilosophy 606 $aCultural pluralism$xPolitical aspects 606 $aPolitical science$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDemocracy$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aCultural pluralism$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aPolitical science$xHistory 676 $a321.8 700 $aBlokland$b Hans Theodorus.$0952913 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457934503321 996 $aPluralism, democracy and political knowledge$92154373 997 $aUNINA