The conception of citizen knowledge in democratic theory

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    • Rapeli, Lauri
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The conception of citizen knowledge in democratic theory

Lauri Rapeli

(Palgrave pivot)(The theories, concepts and practices of democracy)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

  • : Hardback

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-114) and index

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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

Table of Contents

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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