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

【书摘】自由的表达不仅意味着我们有权利说出我们心中的观点，它还意味着我们有权利接受别人的观点。 要对政府各种可能的行为和政策有充分的知情，也必须有表达的自由。要培养基本的公民能力，公民需要有机会表达他们自己的观点、相互学习、参与讨论好协商，通过语言文学向各...  

民主问题是一个被无数人讨论了无数次却又一直没有让人信服的结论的问题，可作为政治学理论的永恒主题，却又不得不面对它，特别是这学期上政治学基本原理的课，我选的专题就是民主问题，所以只好再次拾起这个问题，看几本关于民主的书，前些日子看了普沃斯基的《民主与市场...  

民主问题是一个被无数人讨论了无数次却又一直没有让人信服的结论的问题，可作为政治学理论的永恒主题，却又不得不面对它，特别是这学期上政治学基本原理的课，我选的专题就是民主问题，所以只好再次拾起这个问题，看几本关于民主的书，前些日子看了普沃斯基的《民主与市场...  

之前看过达尔的一本《现代政治分析》，也许是因为今年看的书太杂太快，记忆不明了，总要看着目录才记得看了些什么。之后总还要再看一次这些书。 或许过早的接触了反民主的思想，对民主总有点鄙夷不屑，认为那只不过是大多数的暴政而已。因此也就带了些颜色来看这本...  

用户评价

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）

入门读物

短小精悍的文章。既有理想主义色彩又符合现实的情况。作者文笔非常好，阅读感觉类似《第三次浪潮》

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