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Discursive democracy : politics, policy, and political science /John S Dryzek

By: John S DryzekContributor(s): John S DryzekMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: Brijwasi Book Distributors | ;H-87,Lalita Park,Laxmi Nagar,Delhi-110092Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press , 1990Description: x, 254 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 9780521478274Subject(s): Policy sciencesGenre/Form: RationalismDDC classification: 321.8 DRY

Contents:

Preface Part I. Introduction: 1. Democratizing rationality Part II. Political Institutions: 2. Discursive designs 3. Complexity 4. Discursive dynamics 5. International discursive designs (with Susan Hunter) Part III. Public Policy: 6. Policy sciences of democracy 7. The ambitions of policy (with Brian Ripley) Part IV. Political Science: 8. The mismeasure of political man 9. The measure of political man - and woman 10. Progress and rationality Part V. Conclusion: 11. On extending democracy Notes Bibliography Index.

Summary: In this book the author criticizes the dominance of instrumental rationality and objectivism in political institutions, public policy and in the practice of political science. He argues that the reliance on instrumental rationality has led to the excessive bureaucratization of government.

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Preface
Part I. Introduction: 1. Democratizing rationality
Part II. Political Institutions: 2. Discursive designs
3. Complexity
4. Discursive dynamics
5. International discursive designs (with Susan Hunter)
Part III. Public Policy: 6. Policy sciences of democracy
7. The ambitions of policy (with Brian Ripley)
Part IV. Political Science: 8. The mismeasure of political man
9. The measure of political man - and woman
10. Progress and rationality
Part V. Conclusion: 11. On extending democracy
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

In this book the author criticizes the dominance of instrumental rationality and objectivism in political institutions, public policy and in the practice of political science. He argues that the reliance on instrumental rationality has led to the excessive bureaucratization of government.

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