International Dialogue
Abstract
This book presents itself as a critique of the idealist strand of democratic theory, via a theory of “democratic statecraft” that relies on “realism,” “pragmatism,” and “skepticism,” rather than “idealism, “moralism,” or “utopianism” for first principles. In order to make his case, the author generates a “composite portrait” of this concept, drawing interesting and idiosyncratically on relatively unknown political thinkers, movies, and selective readings of major figures in the history of Western political thought, theory, and events—for example, Athenian democracy and Aristotle, Bartholomew’s Day, Machiavelli, Traiano Boccalini, Herbert Traubeneck, James Weaver, and The Mission.
Recommended Citation
Wallach, John R.
(2015)
"Democratic Statecraft: Political Realism and Popular Power,"
International Dialogue: Vol. 5, Article 18.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32873/uno.dc.ID.5.1.1107
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https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/id-journal/vol5/iss1/18
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