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Zusatztext '... Blokland engages the "big issues" with confidence and skill! offering an informed interpretation of recent American political theories of democracy and pluralism and their sometimes contradictory implications. A deep and thoughtful analysis.' Robert E. Lane! Yale University! USA 'Anyone who worries about the growing human cost of concentrating wealth and power in fewer and fewer hands should read this book. Hans Blokland's detailed and subtle analysis of the work of Robert Dahl restates the case for pluralism in an age that needs to understand its insights more than ever.' Alan Harding! University of Manchester! UK 'Hans Blokland's book provides a highly needed critical and chronological reassessment of the development of the political theory of pluralism.' Political Studies Review Informationen zum Autor Hans Blokland is Professor at the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences! Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin! Germany. He has held teaching positions at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Utrecht University. He was visiting scholar at Yale University and Manchester University and fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of the Arts and Sciences. His work was awarded! among others! the Pieter de la Court-prize of the Royal Netherlands Academy of the Arts and Sciences. Klappentext Taking Robert A Dahl's! one of the most important political scholars and democratic theorists! work as the point of reference! this book not only provides an illuminating history of political science! told via Dahl and his critics! but also offers an analysis as to what progress we have made in our thinking on pluralism and democracy. Zusammenfassung Taking Robert A Dahl's, one of the most important political scholars and democratic theorists, work as the point of reference, this book not only provides an illuminating history of political science, told via Dahl and his critics, but also offers an analysis as to what progress we have made in our thinking on pluralism and democracy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 An American Preamble; Chapter 3 Foreign Policy and Political Competence; Chapter 4 A Common Point of Departure; Chapter 5 The Behavioralist Mood; Chapter 6 A Logical Analysis of Polyarchy; Chapter 7 Empirical Research on Polyarchy; Chapter 8 Arguments in Defense of Democratic Participation; Chapter 9 Power and Powerlessness Under Polyarchy; Chapter 10 Epistemological Reservations; Chapter 11 Modern Political Science and Rationalization; Chapter 12 Modern and Old-fashioned Politics;...
