On Political Equality, Dahl, Robert A, Very Good

Yale University Press

On Political EqualityAuthor(s): Robert A. Dahl\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Yale University Press, United States\nImprint: Yale University Press\nISBN-13: 9780300126877, 978-0300126877\nSynopsis\nRobert A. Dahl, one of the worlds most influential and respected political scientists, has spent a lifetime exploring the institutions and practices of democracy in such landmark books as Who Governs?, On Democracy, and How Democratic Is the American Constitution? Here, Dahl looks at the fundamental issue of equality and how and why governments have fallen short of their democratic ideals.\nAt the center of the book is the question of whether the goal of political equality is so far beyond our human limits that it should be abandoned in favor of more attainable ends, or if there are ways to realistically address and reduce inequities. Though complete equality is unattainable, Dahl argues that strides toward that ideal are both desirable and feasible. He shows the remarkable shift in recent.