Liberal Democracy and Political Science

James W Ceaser author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Published:1st Sep '92

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Do political scientists in a liberal democracy bear a special responsibility that goes beyond their academic pursuits? Ceaser, a scholar of American political parties, argues that they do, and he challenges colleagues and students to reexamine what they do as political scientists. He observes that liberal democracy is a compound of two elements not easily wed: constitutionalism and republicanism. The role of political science is to perform the "superintendent" function of keeping these parts together.

A welcome candidate for a prospective list of texts for introductory courses in American politics and political theory. -- Avery Leiserson Journal of Politics "An illuminating and forceful defense of Tocquevillian or traditional political science against its two contenders within the profession, a scientific political science increasingly equated with rational choice theory and an activist moralistic political science, which Ceaser terms the 'new normativism.'. Review of Politics

ISBN: 9780801845116

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 431g

256 pages