{"product_id":"democracys-meanings-how-the-public-understands-democracy-and-why-it-matters-hardcover","title":"Democracy's Meanings: How the Public Understands Democracy and Why It Matters - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholas T. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKirby Goidel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKeith Gaddie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDemocracy's Meanings\u003c\/i\u003e challenges conventional wisdom regarding how the public thinks about and evaluates democracy. Mining both political theory and more than 75 years of public opinion data, the book argues that Americans think about democracy in ways that go beyond voting or elected representation. Instead, citizens have rich and substantive views about the material conditions that democracy should produce, which draw from their beliefs about equality, fairness, and justice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The authors construct a typology of views about democracy. Procedural views of democracy take a minimalistic quality. While voting and fair treatment are important to this vision of democracy, ideas about equality are mostly limited to civil liberties. In contrast, social views of democracy incorporate both civil and economic equality; according to people with these views, democracy ought to meet the basic social and material needs of citizens. Complementing these two groups are moderate and indifferent views about democracy. While moderate views sit somewhere in between procedural and social perspectives regarding the role of democracy in producing social and economic equality, indifferent views of democracy involve disaffection toward it. For a small group of apathetic citizens, democracy is an ambiguous and ill-defined concept.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas T. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alabama. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeith Gåddie\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the College of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirby Goidel\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Texas A\u0026amp;M University.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159152529543,"sku":"9780472133123","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/391d57aa22e73cc5f0607815b34f9eae.webp?v=1733264458","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/democracys-meanings-how-the-public-understands-democracy-and-why-it-matters-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}