Critical Pluralism, Democratic Performance, and Community Power

by Paul Schumaker

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700631682
• ISBN13: 9780700631681
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"