The Irony of Democracy: An Uncommon Introduction to American Politics

Thomas Dye, Harmon Zeigler

Cengage Learning, Jan 3, 2008 - Political Science - 448 pages

While most American politics texts address American politics from a pluralist perspective, THE IRONY OF DEMOCRACY: AN UNCOMMON INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN POLITICS, Fourteenth Edition, approaches the subject by addressing the theme of elitism and contrasting it with democratic theory and modern pluralist theory. Its key question is, How democratic is American society?
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About the author

Thomas R. Dye is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Florida State University. He received his B.S. and M.A. from Pennsylvania State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous books and articles on American government and public policy. Dye has served as president of the Southern Political Science Association, president of the Policy Studies Organization, and secretary of the American Political Science Association. He is the recipient of the Harold Laswell Award for career contributions to the study of public policy and the Donald C. Stone Award for career contributions to the study of federalism. He received the Outstanding Alumni Award in 2001 from Penn State's College of Liberal Arts. Dye has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Georgia. He served as visiting scholar at Bar-Elan University, Israel, and the Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Irony of Democracy: An Uncommon Introduction to American Politics
• Authors: Thomas Dye, Harmon Zeigler
• Edition: 14, illustrated
• Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2008
• ISBN: 0495501239, 9780495501237
• Length: 448 pages
• Subjects: Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General; Political Science / General; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy