The Conception of Citizen Knowledge in Democratic Theory

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-17

3. Democratic Theory and Political Knowledge

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   Pages 18-38

4. The Empirical Study of Political Knowledge

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   Pages 39-64

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

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   Pages 65-78

6. Discussion

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   Pages 79-88

7. Back Matter

   Pages 89-117

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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

• care
• empirical research
• knowledge
• politics
• research

• Aronia Research Institute, Finland

  Lauri Rapeli

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.

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