2023
DOI: 10.33774/apsa-2023-sqfqx
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Can political science save democracy? Learning from models of civic and political education across the world

Titus Alexander

Abstract: This paper introduces the idea that institutions are social models (‘dynamic social theories’) in which political scientist need to work with practitioners to create better theories. Part I outlines threats to representative democracy and argues that much political science is like anatomy, analyzing the body politic without healing it, with notable exceptions. It suggests that health sciences offer alternative models for political science. Part 2 shows how institutions act as social models that combine everyda… Show more

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