On Democracy

Robert A. Dahl, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Sr. Research Scientist Sociology, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a corresponding member of the British Academy, and a past President of the American Political Science Association. His publications include Congress and Foreign Policy; Politics, Economics and Welfare (with C. E. Lindblom); A Preface to Democratic Theory; Who Governs? Democracy and Power in an American City; After the Revolution?; Polyarchy; Size and Democracy (with E. R. Tufte); Dilemmas of Pluralist Democracy; A Preface to Economic Democracy; Controlling Nuclear Weapons: Democracy Versus Guardianship; Democracy and Its Critics; Toward Democracy: A Journey; On Democracy; How Democratic is the American Constitution?, Politica e virtu' , La teoria democratica de nuovo secolo, After the Goldrush: Growing up in Skagway and On Political Equality.

出版者:Yale University Press

作者:Robert A. Dahl

页数:224

出版时间:2000-8-11

价格:USD 12.95

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780300084559

图书标签:论民主政治美国罗伯特-达尔政治学达尔democracy民主

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The last half of the twentieth century has been an era of democratic triumph. The main antidemocratic regimes—communist, fascist, Nazi—have disappeared, and new democracies are emerging vigorously or tentatively throughout the world. In this accessible and authoritative book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our time provides a primer on democracy that clarifies what it is, why it is valuable, how it works, and what challenges it confronts in the future.

Robert Dahl begins with an overview of the early history of democracy. He goes on to discuss differences among democracies, criteria for a democratic process, basic institutions necessary for advancing the goals of democracy, and the social and economic conditions that favor the development and maintenance of these institutions. Along the way, he illustrates his points by describing different democratic countries, explaining, for example, why India, which seems to lack most of the conditions for a stable democracy, is nevertheless able to sustain one. Dahl answers such puzzling questions as why market-capitalism can both favor and harm democracy. And he concludes by examining the major problems that democratic countries will face in the twenty-first century, problems that will arise from complexities in the economic order, from internationalization, from cultural diversity, and from the difficulty of achieving an adequate level of citizen competence.

读后感

介绍中说，这本书试图将复杂的民主理论通俗化。尽管如此，却依旧觉得晦涩难懂，吃力地阅读带来的结果，像是极苦的中药丸，无可奈何得咬一口总要停歇一会才有勇气，咽得第二份苦。可当吃完一整粒中药丸，片刻休息神清气爽之时，暮地发现疗效甚佳。此书将疗效充分发挥，如老中...  

用户评价

民主简明教程

也是那种大家写的通俗本。学理上有些漏洞，但文字上相当好。（这本书要看原文）

民主简明教程

国人都应读!

民主Q&A，看似基本其实也很可回味。Dahl的写作风格深得我心，老话说的好：简约而不简单。。