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

by Dennis F. Thompson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521131735
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/18/2010
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

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