Liberal Democracy and Political Science

Häftad, Engelska, 1992

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Beskrivning

Do political scientists in a liberal democracy bear a special responsibility that goes beyond their academic pursuits? Ceaser, a scholar of American political parties, argues that they do, and he challenges colleagues and students to reexamine what they do as political scientists. He observes that liberal democracy is a compound of two elements not easily wed: constitutionalism and republicanism. The role of political science is to perform the "superintendent" function of keeping these parts together.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1992-10-27
Mått:152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:431 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9780801845116

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James W. Ceaser is a professor of government and foreign affairs at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Presidential Selection: Theory and Development and Reforming the Reforms.

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A welcome candidate for a prospective list of texts for introductory courses in American politics and political theory. -- Avery Leiserson Journal of Politics "An illuminating and forceful defense of Tocquevillian or traditional political science against its two contenders within the profession, a scientific political science increasingly equated with rational choice theory and an activist moralistic political science, which Ceaser terms the 'new normativism.'. Review of Politics

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. What is Liberal Democracy? Chapter 2. How Liberal is Liberal Democracy? Chapter 3. Traditional Political Science Chapter 4. Modern Political Science Chapter 5. Reconstructing Political Science Chapter 6. The New Normativism Chapter 7. Political Science and the Political Culture of Liberal DemocracyChapter 8. The Constitution and its Critics Notes Index