Democracy in Translation - Understanding Politics in an Unfamiliar Culture

Klappentext By looking carefully at language, Schaffer demonstrates that institutional arrangements do not necessarily carry the same meaning in different cultural contexts. "Democracy in Translation" asks how social scientists should investigate the functioning of democratic institutions in cultures dissimilar from their own, and raises larger issues about the nature of democracy, the universality of democratic ideas, and the practice of cross-cultural research. Zusammenfassung Frederic C. Schaffer challenges the assumption often made by American scholars that democracy has been achieved in foreign countries when criteria such as free elections are met. Elections, he argues, often have cultural underpinnings that are...

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• Authors: Frederic C. Schaffer, Frederic C. (Associate Professor of Poli Schaffer, Frederic Charles Schaffer, SCHAFFER FREDERIC C ASSOCIATE P
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.07.2000
• EAN: 9780801486913
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-8691-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: The Wilder House Series in Politics, History and Culture; Wilder House Series in Politic; The Wilder House Series in Politics, History and Culture; Wilder House Series in Politic; The Wilder House Politics, His
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education