Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The Conception of Citizen Knowledge in Democratic Theory

  • Book
  • © 2014

Overview

Authors:
  1. Lauri Rapeli

    1. Aronia Research Institute, Finland

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

Part of the book series: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy (PSTCD)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction

    • Lauri Rapeli
    Pages 1-17

  3. Democratic Theory and Political Knowledge

    • Lauri Rapeli
    Pages 18-38

  4. The Empirical Study of Political Knowledge

    • Lauri Rapeli
    Pages 39-64

  5. Linking Together Theory and Practice: A Framework for Evaluating Political Knowledge

    • Lauri Rapeli
    Pages 65-78

  6. Discussion

    • Lauri Rapeli
    Pages 79-88

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 89-117
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

What according to democratic theorists should the ordinary citizen know about politics? What does several decades of empirical research about citizens' political knowledge tell us? And why should we care? This book offers a comprehensive outline of the vast literature on political knowledge and by providing an analytical framework for its studying

Authors and Affiliations

  • Aronia Research Institute, Finland

    Lauri Rapeli

About the author

Dr. Lauri Rapeli is a Senior Researcher at the Aronia Research and Development Institute in Raseborg, Finland and a research fellow at the University of Turku. He has previously also worked as a researcher at Åbo Akademi University. Rapeli is also a member of the Finnish national election study consortium.

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation