Discursive Democracy: Politics, Policy, and Political Science

by John Dryzek and John S. Dryzek

Book Overview

In this book, John Dryzek criticizes the dominance of instrumental rationality and objectivism in political institutions and public policy and in the practice of political science. He argues that the reliance on these kinds of politics and to technocracies of expert cultures that are not only repressive, but surprisingly ill-equipped for dealing with complex social problems. Drawing on critical theory, he outlines an alternative program for the organization...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521478278
• ISBN13: 9780521478274
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"