A Preface to Democratic Theory

A Preface to Democratic Theory
ISBN-10
0226134261
ISBN-13
9780226134260
Category
Political Science
Pages
155
Language
English
Published
1956
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Author
Robert A. Dahl

Description

Robert Dahl's Preface helped launch democratic theory fifty years ago as a new area of study in political science, and it remains the standard introduction to the field. Exploring problems that had been left unsolved by traditional thought on democracy, Dahl here examines two influential models--the Madisonian, which represents prevailing American doctrine, and its recurring challenger, populist theory--arguing that they do not accurately portray how modern democracies operate. He then constructs a model more consistent with how contemporary democracies actually function, and, in doing so, develops some original views of popular sovereignty and the American constitutional system.

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