The Democratic Citizen
Social Science and Democratic Theory in the Twentieth Century

This study examines the implications of empirical studies with reference to various strands of American and British democratic theory.

Dennis F. Thompson (Author)

9780521131735, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 18 February 2010

284 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.6 cm, 0.36 kg

This 1970 study examines the implications of empirical studies in the social sciences with reference to various strands of American and British democratic theory. In presenting his case Professor Thompson provides an extremely valuable critical synthesis of a very large body of theoretical and empirical literature in this field. He weaves together in an original way the works of more than a dozen twentieth-century political theorists and several hundred empirical studies by political scientists, sociologists and social psychologists.

Preface
Introduction
1. Presuppositions
2. Schema
3. Participation
4. Discussion
5. Voting
6. Equality
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Politics & government [JP]