Reexamining Democracy Essays in Honor of Seymour Martin Lipset [Hardcover]

Seymour Martin Lipset is one of the best known and most prolific social scientists this century. These comprehensive essays pay tribute to his scholarship by exploring his core theme: the conditions, problems, dynamics, values and institutions of democracy, both in the US and throughout the world.

Published originally as a Special Issue of The American Behavioral Scientist, Reexamining Democracy is devoted to rethinking the character and development of democracy worldwide. The contributors offer fascinating perspectives on an ever-potent and compelling social force.Seymour Martin Lipset is one of the best known and most prolific social scientists this century. These comprehensive essays pay tribute to his scholarship by exploring his core theme: the conditions, problems, dynamics, values and institutions of democracy, both in the US and throughout the world.

Published originally as a Special Issue of The American Behavioral Scientist, Reexamining Democracy is devoted to rethinking the character and development of democracy worldwide. The contributors offer fascinating perspectives on an ever-potent and compelling social force.Foreword - Robert K Merton
Notes on the Young Lipset
Seymour Martin Lipset and the Study of Democracy - Larry Diamond and Gary Marks
PART ONE: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
Democracy in Permanently Divided Systems - James S Coleman
Democracy as Political Competition - Kaare Strom
Rational Sources of Chaos in Democratic Transition - Gary Marks
On the Place of Virtues in a Pluralistic Democracy - Amitai Etzioni
The Concept of National Development, 1917-1989 - Immanuel Wallerstein
Elegy and Requiem
PART TWO: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
Economic Development and Democracy Reconsidered ló¦