Democratic theory and causal methodology in comparative politics /
Barrington Moore bequeathed comparativists a problem, How to reconcile his causal claim of "no bourgeoisie, no democracy" with his normative "dream of a free and rational society." In this book, Mark I. Lichbach harmonizes causal methodology and normative democratic theory, illus...
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Cambridge ; New York :
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Table of Contents:
- Methodology's problem, and democracy's too.
- Part I. Rationalism and Constructivism. Where democracy is to be found and why ; When causality is to be found and how ; Two Western dreams: thin and thick democracy.
- Part II. State-Society and Contentious Politics. Pragmatic theories of a fit state: Kohli ; Pragmatic theories of a fit democracy: Tilly.
- Part III. Conclusions: Five Themes and Twelve Theses. Agency ; Research schools ; Political power and democratic performance.