L. Rapeli

The Conception of Citizen Knowledge in Democratic Theory

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What according to democratic theorists should the ordinary citizen know about politics? What does several decades of empirical research about citizens' political knowledge tell us? And why should we care? This book offers a comprehensive outline of the vast literature on political knowledge and by providing an analytical framework for its studying

Produktdetails

• The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK / Palgrave Pivot / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-32285-2
• 2014
• Seitenzahl: 117
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 258g
• ISBN-13: 9781137322852
• ISBN-10: 1137322853
• Artikelnr.: 40077274

Autorenporträt

Dr. Lauri Rapeli is a Senior Researcher at the Aronia Research and Development Institute in Raseborg, Finland and a research fellow at the University of Turku. He has previously also worked as a researcher at Åbo Akademi University. Rapeli is also a member of the Finnish national election study consortium.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Democratic theory and political knowledge 3. The empirical study of political knowledge 4. Linking together theory and practice: a framework for evaluating political knowledge 5. Discussion

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1. Introduction 2. Democratic theory and political knowledge 3. The empirical study of political knowledge 4. Linking together theory and practice: a framework for evaluating political knowledge 5. Discussion