The Conception of Citizen Knowledge in Democratic Theory

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-45863-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 117 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy

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

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rapeli, L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.