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Michael Saward (1932–2015)

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Michael Saward is Professor of Politics at the Open University.

Tekijän teokset

A Faint Streak of Humility (1999) 10 kappaletta
Has Keele Failed? (1995) 9 kappaletta
Cracking the God Code (1974) 8 kappaletta
Democracy (2003) 5 kappaletta
The representative claim (2010) 5 kappaletta
Democratic Innovation (2001) 4 kappaletta
All Change (1983) 4 kappaletta
These are the facts (1997) 4 kappaletta
And So to Bed? (1975) 3 kappaletta
The Terms of Democracy (1998) 3 kappaletta
Living Political Ideas (2005) 1 kappale
Democratic Design (2021) 1 kappale
Come Celebrate 1 kappale

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Yleistieto

Syntymäaika
1932-05-14
Kuolinaika
2015-01-31
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
UK
Syntymäpaikka
Blackheath, London, England, UK
Koulutus
University of Bristol (BA)
Trinity College, Bristol (then Tyndale Hall, Bristol)
Ammatit
clergyman
hymnist
Suhteet
Saward, Jill (daughter)
Saward, Joe (son)
Organisaatiot
St Paul's Cathedral (Canon Treasurer)
Lyhyt elämäkerta
He sprang to national prominence in 1986 when he was attacked by burglars in his vicarage in Ealing: his daughter Jill was viciously raped.

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I think this book is suitable as an introduction to the theory of democracy. The author takes a broad approach, discussing justification, equality, institutions and even the suitable size of democratic units. The arguments are fairly simple and straightforward and lack the finegrained detail which makes most books in political theory harder to swallow. At times the author's standpoint seems sketchy and vulnerable to easy objections, but he partly makes up for it with his a wide scope.

The most idiosyncratic part is the author's defence of direct democracy. He first seems to sneak the subject in through the back door, but in later chapters he discusses it explicitly. I think he should have expanded much further on this subject to really make a valid case for direct democracy in modern society. His ideas would require more elaboration before they could be understood and challenged. The same can be said about the argument pertaining to the most suitable political units for democracy, a subject closely related to the justification of direct democracy. It isn't given a sufficiently detailed treatment in this book to be of much value.

This book didn't quite earn itself a place among my favorite books in democratic theory. I enjoyed some parts of it, but the author often cut his analysis short just when it was about to get interesting.
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thcson | Nov 11, 2014 |

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Teokset
18
Jäseniä
89
Suosituimmuussija
#207,492
Arvio (tähdet)
2.0
Kirja-arvosteluja
1
ISBN:t
33

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