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The Conception of Citizen Knowledge in Democratic Theory

  • Lauri Rapeli
Book

Part of the The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy book series (PSTCD)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction
    Lauri Rapeli
    Pages 1-17
  3. Democratic Theory and Political Knowledge
    Lauri Rapeli
    Pages 18-38
  4. The Empirical Study of Political Knowledge
    Lauri Rapeli
    Pages 39-64
  5. Linking Together Theory and Practice: A Framework for Evaluating Political Knowledge
    Lauri Rapeli
    Pages 65-78
  6. Discussion
    Lauri Rapeli
    Pages 79-88
  7. Back Matter
    Pages 89-117
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About this book

Introduction

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

Keywords

care empirical research knowledge politics research

Authors and affiliations

  • Lauri Rapeli
    • 1
  1. 1.Aronia Research InstituteFinland

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