The Conception of Citizen Knowledge in Democratic Theory
What according to democratic theorists should the ordinary citizen know about politics? What does several decades of empirical research about citizens' political knowledge tell us? And why should we care? This book offers a comprehensive outline of the va
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137322869.0001
The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy General Editor: Jean-Paul Gagnon, University Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Australia The discourse of democracy suffers from ambiguity: its literature is too vast and there is no codified understanding of its theories, concepts and practices. The uncertainties surrounding the meaning of democracy resulted in serious political problems for all levels of democratic government – both historically and presently. The literature on democracy is so vast that it is highly improbable for one person to understand the core of this mass. Such an understanding is, however, needed to resolve the problematic ambiguity associated with democracy. The aim of this book series is to define, analyze and organize democracy’s hundreds of theories, concepts and practices. The objectives, supporting this aim, are as follows: – Curate and consider works on democracy; – Identify and fill gaps in the literature on historical and contemporary democracies; – Find opportunities to synthesize or separate specific theories, concepts or practices of democracy. Titles include: Lauri Rapeli THE CONCEPTION OF CITIZEN KNOWLEDGE IN DEMOCRATIC THEORY Mark Chou THEORISING DEMOCIDE Why and How Democracies Fail Jean-Paul Gagnon EVOLUTIONARY BASIC DEMOCRACY A Critical Overture Ramin Jahanbegloo DEMOCRACY IN IRAN
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137322869.0001
The Conception of Citizen Knowledge in Democratic Theory Lauri Rapeli Senior Researcher, Aronia Research Institute, Finland
DOI: 10.1057/9781137322869.0001
© Lauri Rapeli 2014
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