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Thanassis Samaras, Plato on Democracy (Major Concepts in Politics and Political Theory, Vol. 23), General . Then, we explain how bringing together Islamic political theory and democracy alters the meaning of the latter.

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From republic to laws T. Samaras: Plato on democracy. Major concepts in politics and political theory 2. pp. XII + 405. New York: Peter Lang, 2002.

Virtue and Democracy in Plato's Late Dialogues. Athanasios Samaras - 1995 - Dissertation, University of Warwick

Virtue and Democracy in Plato's Late Dialogues. Athanasios Samaras - 1995 - Dissertation, University of Warwick. Xvi + 266, Ills, Pls. New York: Peter Lang, 2001.

What is political science and how to study politics. Concepts, models and theories in political science. Defining political regime. Democracy: conceptualization and operationalization. Subfields in political science. Arguments, evidence and conceptual framework. The use of scientific method. Our major concepts: power, authority, government, legitimacy, public policy. Seminar 1. 1. Give practical examples of politics as arena and politics as a process. 2. Read Dahl‟s The concept of power and be able to discuss his argumentation (course of reasoning). Types of democracy: liberalism as a variable. What is (democratic) transition?

Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan .

Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America. The Author: Philip Abbott is Distinguished Graduate Professor of Political Science at Wayne State University. He recently held the Fulbright Thomas Jefferson Chair in American Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Series: Major Concepts in Politics and Political Theory (Book 14).

Feminist political theory is a diverse subfield of feminist theory working towards three main goals: To understand and critique the role of gender in how political theory is conventionally construed. To re-frame and re-articulate conventional political theory in light of feminist issues (especially gender equality). To support political science presuming and pursuing gender equality.

Plato's political philosophy has been the subject of much criticism. In Plato's Republic, Socrates is highly critical of democracy and proposes an aristocracy ruled by philosopher-kings. Plato's political philosophy has thus often been considered totalitarian. In the Republic, Plato's Socrates raises a number of objections to democracy. He claims that democracy is a danger due to excessive freedom

Key Concepts: Power, Authority, Legitimacy and Political Obligation .

Key Concepts: Power, Authority, Legitimacy and Political Obligation. 5. Political Ideas: Law, Liberty, Rights, Justice, Equality and Civil Society. 6. Nationalism: Changing concepts, problems of Identity, Ethnicity and Citizenship. 7. Contemporary debates in Democracy, Forms of representation and participation. 8. Political Ideology: Meaning, Significance. Liberalism, Neo-Ljberalism, Marxism,Socialism, Fascism, Communitarianism, Gandhism. 36. Marsh, David and Stoker, Gerry, Theory and Methods in Political Science, Houndmills, Macmillan, 1995. 37. Miller, David, Principles of Social Justice, Cambridge Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1999.

The theorists of political took steps toward a theory of political concepts. Central concepts in politics located at different points on a political spec- are thus likely to become focal points of intrac- trum, that it can be understood and applied in table disputes. concepts typically care about and believe in the Schmitt notoriously claims that politics occurs efficacy of human agents who step into the through the emergence of a clear distinction public domain to justify political projects between friend and enemy.

The Government of Philosopher Rulers. Politics and the Soul. Conceptual analysis then is a mental clearance, the clarification of a concept in its meaning. As such it has a long tradition and is first introduced in Platonic dialogues. Life - from Politics to Philosophy. Plato was born in Athens in c. 427 . Although the results are mostly inconclusive, in early dialogues especially, Socrates tries to define and clarify various concepts.