List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Chapter 2 – What is democracy? Definitions and scholarly
disagreements
Chapter 3 – Polling the public about democracy
Chapter 4 – Creating and validating a typology of democratic
meanings
Chapter 5 – The correlates of the democracy typology
Chapter 6 – Compromise and representation within the democracy
typology
Chapter 7 – Support for democracy
Chapter 8 – Democratic norms and the democracy typology
Chapter 9 – Conclusion
Appendix – Technical details and supplementary analysis
References
Nicholas T. Davis is Assistant Professor in the
Department of Political Science at the University of Alabama.
Keith Gåddie is Professor in the College of Architecture at
the University of Oklahoma.
Kirby Goidel is Professor in the Department of Political
Science at Texas A&M University.
“How should we think about the crisis of American democracy and
what can we do about it? Democracy’s Meanings sheds crucial light
on these questions with rigorous data analysis, and points a way
forward: Americans are still committed to democracy, but they want
it to do more for them. Only a democracy that truly delivers the
social and economic goods is one that will thrive.”
—Lee Drutman, New America
*Lee Drutman*
“We live in a world today of disruption and division. Our
uncertainty really stems from our inability to have a standard
definition of who we are. Democracy, a concept that should bind us,
actually has highly variable meanings. A must-read for the academic
and practitioner alike.”
—Clifford Young, President of Public Affairs, Ipsos
*Clifford Young*
“In Democracy’s Meanings, Davis, Gåddie, and Goidel revitalize our
understanding of what Americans think about democracy and how that
shapes contemporary American politics. American democracy faces
fundamental challenges and this book is an essential read for those
who want to understand why these challenges persist and what might
be done to prevent further democratic backsliding.”
—David A.M. Peterson, Iowa State University
*David A.M. Peterson*
“U.S. democracy is under duress, but how can we revere, protect, or
strengthen a system we each perceive differently? Davis, Gåddie,
and Goidel provide compelling, data-driven answers to this
question. They offer a nuanced understanding of self-rule, and
provide an aspirational roadmap useful for students, participants,
or observers of democracy.”
—Jennifer Nicoll Victor, George Mason University
*Jennifer Nicoll Victor*
“This book will make an essential contribution to discussions of
American democracy. By examining how the public conceptualizes
democracy and what they want out of it, the authors provide us a
unique assessment of its health and stability.”
—Heather Ondercin, Appalachian State University
*Heather Ondercin*
“Democracy’s Meanings includes an impressive array of
interdisciplinary research on democracy and prompts other theorists
and empirical researchers to conduct their own studies on the theme
of democratic reform. The authors are adept at placing their topic
in a proper historical and contemporary context.”
—Brian Fife, Lehigh University
*Brian Fife*
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