The democratic citizen : social science and democratic theory in the twentieth century / Dennis F. Thompson
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1970. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 271 pages; Physical desc.: xi, 271p. ; 23cm. Subjects: Political science -- Psychological & social aspects. Political theory -- political ideology. Summary: This 1970 study examines the implications of empirical studies in the social sciences with reference to various strands of American and British democratic theory. In presenting his case Professor Thompson provides an extremely valuable critical synthesis of a very large body of theoretical and empirical literature in this field. He weaves together in an original way the works of more than a dozen twentieth-century political theorists and several hundred empirical studies by political scientists, sociologists and social psychologists. Item #178171
ISBN: 0521079632
Price: €15.95