Political Science · Political Theory
The book 'Strong Democracy' is written by whom?
AMichael Walzer
BHarold Laski
CRobert Dahl
DBenjamin Barber ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Benjamin Barber — Strong Democracy was written by Benjamin Barber, so the answer is Barber.
Explanation
★Strong Democracy was written by Benjamin Barber, so the answer is Barber.
★Published in 1984, it defends a participatory model of democracy.
★Barber contrasts strong, participatory democracy with thin, representative democracy.
★Thin democracy reduces citizens to passive voters who merely choose rulers.
★Strong democracy calls for active, continuous citizen participation in self government.
★It revives the civic republican idea of the engaged citizen.
★Robert Dahl, by contrast, gave the empirical theory of polyarchy.
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