Democratic Political Theory

by James Roland Pennock

Book Overview

Professor Pennock launches an encyclopedic study that evaluates and ultimately synthesizes a variety of democratic theories. After defining democracy and examining the basic tensions both within and between liberty and equality, and individualism and collectivism, the author sets forth two typologies of operational democratic theories, one related to power, the other related to motivation. In succeeding chapters, he analyzes a series of problems...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691600899
• ISBN13: 9780691600895
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 598 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"