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Zooming in on one single research question - "what is democracy?"- this book highlights the unique ways that different approaches and methodologies grapple with developing answers.
Sommario
1. Approaching the Study of Democracy
Cameron D. Anderson, Western University and Laura B. Stephenson, Western University
Part I - Democracy in Theory: Normative Approaches 2. Democracy: What and Why
Charles Jones, Western University
3. Is Majority Rule Democratic?
Richard Vernon, Western University
Part II - Analyzing Democracy: Positivist Approaches 4. Evaluating a Democracy: Are Citizens Engaged?
Cameron D. Anderson, Western University and Laura B. Stephenson, Western University
5. Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy
David Armstrong, Western University
6. A Democratic Continuum?
Bruce Morrison, Western University
7. Membership Rules for Democratic Communities: Canada and the United States
Andrew Sancton, Western University and Christopher Alcantara, Western University
8. Representation and the Practice of Politics
Rob Leone, Western University and Josh Morgan, City Councilor, London, Ontario
9. The Democratic Dimensions of Specialized Governments
Joseph Lyons, Western University
Part III - Interpreting Democracy: Critical and Post-modern Approaches 10. Hatred of Democracy
Dan Bousfield, Western University
11. Rethinking Democracy
Nandita Biswas Mellamphy, Western University
Info autore
Cameron D. Anderson is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Western University.
Laura B. Stephenson is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario.
Riassunto
Zooming in on one single research question – "what is democracy?"– this book highlights the unique ways that different approaches and methodologies grapple with developing answers.
