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On Political Equality
Robert A. Dahl
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Description for On Political Equality
Paperback. Looks at the fundamental issue of equality and how and why governments have fallen short of their democratic ideals. This book explores the growth of democratic institutions, expansion of citizenship, and various obstacles that stand in the way of gains in political equality. It assesses the contemporary political landscape in United States. Num Pages: 160 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 188.
Robert A. Dahl, one of the world’s most influential and respected political scientists, has spent a lifetime exploring the institutions and practices of democracy in such landmark books as Who Governs?, On Democracy, and How Democratic Is the American Constitution? Here, Dahl looks at the fundamental issue of equality and how and why governments have fallen short of their democratic ideals.
At the center of the book is the question of whether the goal of political equality is so far beyond our human limits that it should be abandoned in favor of more attainable ends, or if there are ways ... Read more
Robert A. Dahl, one of the world’s most influential and respected political scientists, has spent a lifetime exploring the institutions and practices of democracy in such landmark books as Who Governs?, On Democracy, and How Democratic Is the American Constitution? Here, Dahl looks at the fundamental issue of equality and how and why governments have fallen short of their democratic ideals.
At the center of the book is the question of whether the goal of political equality is so far beyond our human limits that it should be abandoned in favor of more attainable ends, or if there are ways ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300126877
SKU
V9780300126877
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About Robert A. Dahl
Robert A. Dahl is Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Yale University. He lives in North Haven, CT.
Reviews for On Political Equality
"'... mild mannered, careful and balanced, but in the end disturbing.' Stein Ringen, Times Literary Supplement"