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Political Knowledge (Hardcover, New)
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Political Knowledge (Hardcover, New)
Series: Critical Concepts in Political Science
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Since at least the time of Plato, political scientists and
philosophers have been concerned about what citizens and rulers
should know if they are to be governed-and govern-well. Moreover,
the increasing complexity of modern societies has revivified
thinking about and around the critical concept of political
knowledge. Vital questions arise, such as: does effective democracy
demand an informed electorate? is such an aspiration realistic,
given the size and reach of modern governments? how can electorates
compensate for their ignorance, given the vast amount of
information that might be necessary to make sound political
judgements? or is such ignorance 'rational'? This new collection
from Routledge brings together canonical and cutting-edge research
to interrogate these and other issues. Edited by leading scholars,
Political Knowledge assembles in four volumes the best and most
important scholarship, from the ancients to the work of the
deliberative democrats. The collection also gathers the key survey
research, from the Columbia and Michigan schools down to the
present. Further, it makes sense of the main lines of normative
debate about these findings, and addresses the various causal and
theoretical understandings of political knowledge and ignorance,
while illuminating directions for future research. With a full
index, together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by
the editors, which places the collected material in its historical
and intellectual context, Political Knowledge is an essential work
of reference. The collection will be particularly useful as an
essential database allowing scattered and often fugitive material
from less accessible books and specialized journals to be easily
located. It will also be welcomed as a crucial tool permitting
rapid access to less familiar-and sometimes overlooked-texts. For
researchers, students, and policymakers, it is a vital one-stop
research and pedagogic resource.
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