Reexamining Democracy: Essays in Honor of Seymour Martin Lipset / Edition 1

by Gary Marks, Larry Diamond

Overview

Seymour Martin Lipset is one of the best known and most prolific social scientists this century. These comprehensive essays pay tribute to his scholarship by exploring his core theme: the conditions, problems, dynamics, values and institutions of democracy, both in the US and throughout the world.

Published originally as a Special Issue of The American Behavioral Scientist, Reexamining Democracy is devoted to rethinking the character and development of democracy worldwide. The contributors offer fascinating perspectives on an ever-potent and compelling social force.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803946415
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/01/1992
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword - Robert K Merton
Notes on the Young Lipset
Seymour Martin Lipset and the Study of Democracy - Larry Diamond and Gary Marks
PART ONE: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
Democracy in Permanently Divided Systems - James S Coleman
Democracy as Political Competition - Kaare Strom
Rational Sources of Chaos in Democratic Transition - Gary Marks
On the Place of Virtues in a Pluralistic Democracy - Amitai Etzioni
The Concept of National Development, 1917-1989 - Immanuel Wallerstein
Elegy and Requiem
PART TWO: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
Economic Development and Democracy Reconsidered - Larry Diamond
Capitalism, the Market, and Democracy - Carlos H Waisman
Interest Systems and the Consolidation of Democracies - Philippe C Schmitter
Change and Continuity in the Nature of Contemporary Democracies - Juan J Linz
Two New Nations - Amos Perlmutter
Israeli and American Foreign Policies
PART THREE: POLITICS AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
State Formation and Social Policy in the United States - Theda Skocpol
The Insurgent Origins of Union Democracy - Maurice Zeitlin
Class, Race, and Higher Education in America - Martin Trow
Inequality and American Culture - Ann Swidler
The Persistence of Voluntarism
Off With Their Heads - William Schneider
The Confidence Gap and the Revolt Against Professionalism in American Politics

Editorial Reviews

Most of these articles were originally published as a special issue of the American behavioral scientist. They reflect and pay tribute to the wide-ranging intellectual work of Lipset, author of the influential Political man, among many other writings. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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