Pluralism in Political Science: From Tocqueville to Putnam

• Authors: Pasquino Gianfranco
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This keynote speech was proffered by Gianfranco Pasquino at the opening of the VI. Congress of the Czech Political Science Association which took place in Prague, 9–11 September 2015. It covers the theoretical reflection of pluralism as a social and political phenomenon and a methodological concept in works of Tocqueville, Wright Mills, Dahl, Putnam and others. Prof. Pasquino points out several milestones in the way pluralism was used and studied in political science and ends by suggesting that distorted and shrinking pluralism opens the way to inequalities.

Keywords

EN

comparative method; competition; pluralism; power; social change

Discipline

• POLITICAL_SCIENCES: POLITICAL SCIENCES

• Publisher: Czech Political Science Association, Czech Republic
• Journal: Politologická revue (Czech Political Science Review)
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 5-14

Contributors

author

Pasquino Gianfranco