Critical Pluralism, Democratic Performance, and Community Power / Paul Schumaker.
A central question in political science is who governs and how.Typically political scientists attempt to answer this question by relying upon either empirical analysis, which explains existing political practices, or normative analysis, which prescribes ideal political practices.Political scientist...
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Schumaker, Paul. Critical Pluralism, Democratic Performance, and Community Power Paul Schumaker. University Press of Kansas 1991 Lawrence, Kan. : Univ. Pr. of Kansas, 1991. ©1991. 1 online resource (XVIII, 258) : Diagramme. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Studies in government and public policy Description based on print version record. A central question in political science is who governs and how.Typically political scientists attempt to answer this question by relying upon either empirical analysis, which explains existing political practices, or normative analysis, which prescribes ideal political practices.Political scientist Paul Schumaker rejects this distinction between empirical and normative theory. Instead, he weds the two approaches to create the new analytical mode he calls critical pluralism. With it he can measure variances in government from pluralist/democratic ideals and still provide theoretical explanations of why the variances occurred.Schumaker uses critical pluralism to describe, explain, and evaluate variations in three key measures of democratic performance: responsible representation, complex equality, and principlepolicy congruence. To test his framework and methodology he analyzes 29 community issues that arose in Lawrence, Kansas, between 1977 and 1987. The results of his study—one of the most comprehensive databases ever in the study of community politics—will be of interest to those who study community power. The conceptual framework itself and methodology used in assessing democratic performance will have a lasting impact on the way community government is studied. English Entscheidungsprozess gnd Gemeindeverwaltung gnd Fallstudiensammlung gnd Gemeindedemokratie USA. idsbb Gemeindedemokratie Kanada. idsbb Gemeinde Entscheidung (Politik) Kanada. idsbb Entscheidung (Politik) Gemeinde Kanada. idsbb Gemeinde Entscheidung (Politik) USA. idsbb Entscheidung (Politik) Gemeinde USA. idsbb Representative government and representation. fast (OCoLC)fst01094941 Municipal government. fast (OCoLC)fst01029299 Cultural pluralism. fast (OCoLC)fst01715991 Community power. fast (OCoLC)fst00871135 Representative government and representation United States Case studies. Municipal government United States Case studies. Cultural pluralism United States Case studies. Community power Case studies. USA gnd United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765 Regional, state & other local government 0-7006-3118-6 |
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