What Is Democracy and How Do We Study It?
Published on 2. February 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
228 pages
978-1-4875-8857-1 (ISBN)
Description
There are many different ways to do political science research. This book takes a core question that motivates research in political science - what is democracy? - and presents, in a single volume, original research demonstrating a variety of approaches to studying it. The approaches and related methods covered by the chapters in this book include normative political theory, positivist quantitative analysis, behaviouralism, critical theory, post-structuralism, historical institutionalism, process tracing, case studies, and literature reviews. Readers are confronted with the different assumptions that researchers make when entering the research process and can compare and contrast the many different ways that a single question can be studied . This book will be enlightening for students of democracy as well as those interested in research design and methodological approaches.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
5 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
308 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4875-8857-1 (9781487588571)
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Persons
Cameron D. Anderson is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Western University.
Laura B. Stephenson is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario.
Laura B. Stephenson is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario.
Content
1. Approaching the Study of Democracy
Cameron D. Anderson, Western University and Laura B. Stephenson, Western University
Part I - Democracy in Theory: Normative Approaches
2. Democracy: What and Why
Charles Jones, Western University
3. Is Majority Rule Democratic?
Richard Vernon, Western University
Part II - Analyzing Democracy: Positivist Approaches
4. Evaluating a Democracy: Are Citizens Engaged?
Cameron D. Anderson, Western University and Laura B. Stephenson, Western University
5. Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy
David Armstrong, Western University
6. A Democratic Continuum?
Bruce Morrison, Western University
7. Membership Rules for Democratic Communities: Canada and the United States
Andrew Sancton, Western University and Christopher Alcantara, Western University
8. Representation and the Practice of Politics
Rob Leone, Western University and Josh Morgan, City Councilor, London, Ontario
9. The Democratic Dimensions of Specialized Governments
Joseph Lyons, Western University
Part III - Interpreting Democracy: Critical and Post-modern Approaches
10. Hatred of Democracy
Dan Bousfield, Western University
11. Rethinking Democracy
Nandita Biswas Mellamphy, Western University
Cameron D. Anderson, Western University and Laura B. Stephenson, Western University
Part I - Democracy in Theory: Normative Approaches
2. Democracy: What and Why
Charles Jones, Western University
3. Is Majority Rule Democratic?
Richard Vernon, Western University
Part II - Analyzing Democracy: Positivist Approaches
4. Evaluating a Democracy: Are Citizens Engaged?
Cameron D. Anderson, Western University and Laura B. Stephenson, Western University
5. Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy
David Armstrong, Western University
6. A Democratic Continuum?
Bruce Morrison, Western University
7. Membership Rules for Democratic Communities: Canada and the United States
Andrew Sancton, Western University and Christopher Alcantara, Western University
8. Representation and the Practice of Politics
Rob Leone, Western University and Josh Morgan, City Councilor, London, Ontario
9. The Democratic Dimensions of Specialized Governments
Joseph Lyons, Western University
Part III - Interpreting Democracy: Critical and Post-modern Approaches
10. Hatred of Democracy
Dan Bousfield, Western University
11. Rethinking Democracy
Nandita Biswas Mellamphy, Western University