Democracy and Its Critics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Democracy and Its Critics write by Robert A. Dahl. This book was released on 2008-10-01. Democracy and Its Critics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this prize-winning book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our time makes a major statement about what democracy is and why it is important. Robert Dahl examines the most basic assumptions of democratic theory, tests them against the questions raised by its critics, and recasts the theory of democracy into a new and coherent whole. He concludes by discussing the directions in which democracy must move if advanced democratic states are to exist in the future. “When Robert Dahl speaks about democracy, everyone should listen. With Democracy and Its Critics Dahl has produced a work destined to become another classic.”—Lucian W. Pye, American Political Science Review “In this magisterial work [Dahl]… describe[s] what democracy means…; why our own democracy is still deeply flawed; and how we could reform it…. A work of extraordinary intelligence and, what is even rarer, a work of extraordinary wisdom.”—Robert N. Bellah, New York Times Book Review
A Preface to Democratic Theory
A Preface to Democratic Theory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Preface to Democratic Theory write by Robert A. Dahl. This book was released on 1956. A Preface to Democratic Theory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Robert Dahl's Preface helped launch democratic theory fifty years ago as a new area of study in political science, and it remains the standard introduction to the field. Exploring problems that had been left unsolved by traditional thought on democracy, Dahl here examines two influential models--the Madisonian, which represents prevailing American doctrine, and its recurring challenger, populist theory--arguing that they do not accurately portray how modern democracies operate. He then constructs a model more consistent with how contemporary democracies actually function, and, in doing so, develops some original views of popular sovereignty and the American constitutional system.
Militant Democracy and Its Critics
Militant Democracy and Its Critics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Militant Democracy and Its Critics write by Anthoula Malkopoulou. This book was released on 2019-05-14. Militant Democracy and Its Critics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Can defensive efforts that curtail rights of participation of antidemocratic movements be consistent with democratic values? In this collection of essays, scholars from across politics, philosophy and law address the unresolved practical and theoretical questions concerning democracy and extremism.
On Political Equality
On Political Equality - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook On Political Equality write by Robert A. Dahl. This book was released on 2008-10-01. On Political Equality available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this book, the eminent psychoanalyst Leonard Shengold looks at why some people are resistant to change, even when it seems to promise a change for the better. Drawing on a lifetime of clinical experience as well as wide readings of world literature, Shengold shows how early childhood relationships with parents can lead to a powerful conviction that change means loss. Dr. Shengold, who is well known for his work on the lasting affects of childhood trauma and child abuse in such seminal books as Soul Murder and Soul Murder Revisited, continues his exploration into the consequences of early psychological injury and loss. In the examples of his patients and in the lives and work of such figures as Edna St. Vincent Millay, William Wordsworth, and Henrik Ibsen, Shengold looks at the different ways in which unconscious impressions connected with early experiences and fantasies about parents are integrated into individual lives. He shows the difficulties he encounters with his patients in raising these memories to the conscious level where they can be known and owned; and he also shows, in his survey of literary figures, how these memories can become part of the creative process. Haunted by Parents offers a deeply humane reflection on the values and limitations of therapy, on memory and the lingering effects of the past, and on the possibility of recognizing the promise of the future.
How Democratic Is the American Constitution?
How Democratic Is the American Constitution? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook How Democratic Is the American Constitution? write by Robert A. Dahl. This book was released on 2003-11-10. How Democratic Is the American Constitution? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this provocative book, one of our most eminent political scientists questions the extent to which the American Constitution furthers democratic goals. Robert Dahl reveals the Constitution's potentially antidemocratic elements and explains why they are there, compares the American constitutional system to other democratic systems, and explores how we might alter our political system to achieve greater equality among citizens. In a new chapter for this second edition, he shows how increasing differences in state populations revealed by the Census of 2000 have further increased the veto power over constitutional amendments held by a tiny minority of Americans. He then explores the prospects for changing some important political practices that are not prescribed by the written Constitution, though most Americans may assume them to be so.
