Political Science

This collection of essays is based on an approach grounded in history and informed by a theory of participatory pluralism. The included essays are based on an approach to political science informed by a theory of participatory pluralism and grounded in history. Chapters focus on the discipline's fragmentation and its retreat from public debate; on the varying and contradictory roles of political science and international relations as champion of more or less democracy in the United Kingdom, the United States, and both Weimar and post-WW II Germany; on normative and analytical concepts developed by Hannah Arendt, Klaus von Beyme, and Robert A. Dahl; and more.--