Democratic Statecraft - Political Realism and Popular Power

Informationen zum Autor J. S. Maloy is a native of Austin, Texas, and an Associate Professor of Political Science at Oklahoma State University. He is the author of The Colonial American Origins of Modern Democratic Thought (Cambridge University Press, 2008) and of academic papers in the Journal of Politics, the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of the History of Ideas and other publications. Klappentext Maloy explores whether and how statecraft and democratic ways of thinking can be reconciled and combined. Zusammenfassung While half the world yearns for 'democracy'! the other half grieves over 'democratic deficits'. J. S. Maloy suggests that democracy's troubles arise from excessive idealism and examines key episodes from the history of political realism in the Western tradition! using old materials to assemble a new democratic paradigm. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: realism and democracy; 2. Reason of state and two dimensions of realism; 3. From the Sophists to Aristotle: institutions lie; 4. From Aristotle to Machiavelli: democracy bites; 5. From Machiavelli to the Puritans: fire fights fire; 6. From the Puritans to the Populists: money never sleeps; 7. Conclusion: power and paradoxes.

Product details

• Authors: J. S. Maloy, J. S. (Oklahoma State University) Maloy, JS Maloy, Maloy J. S.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.03.2013
• EAN: 9780521192200
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19220-0
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Political science and theory, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Marxism & Communism, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies