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Reframing the Meaning of Democracy:

The Globalization of Democratic Development,

Viewed through the Paradigms of Political Science,

Political Practice, and Political PhilosophyRichard W. Chadwick


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PoliticalTheory

Political Data Political Culture

Political

SciencePolitical

Philosophy

Political Practice

(praxis)

Three Major Paradigms: Political Philosophy, Science, Praxis

Three Minor Paradigms: Political Theory, Culture, Data


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Models ofthe Possible

Models of

the RealModels of

the Desirable

Science Philosophy

Practice

(praxis)

Theory, data, culture: semantic spaces within which are

created models of the possible, real and desirable, respectively.


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Political

Theory

PoliticalData

Faith in

Political Science

Subculture

Political Science:Goal: dissonance

reduction betweenmodels of the possible

and models of the real

Practice

(praxis)

Theory drivingdata collection

Collected data

driving theory

(grounded theory,

hypothesis testing,)

Political

Philosophy


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Faith in

Political

Theory

Political

Data

Political

Subculture

Political Practice:Goal: dissonancereduction between

models of the real and

models of the desirable

PhilosophyScience

Reality driving visions

(realistic adjustment)

Struggle to achieve political goals


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Political

Theory

Faith in

Political Data

(History - past,

present, future)

Political

Subculture

Political Philosophy:Goal: dissonance

reduction between

models of the possible andmodels of the desirable

PoliticalScience

Political

Practice

Develop political theorythat makes the

desirable possible

(values driven theory

development)Develop newculture model(s)

consistent with theory


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Fear Political Stability

Social JusticeRepression

Machiavellian

cycle

+

+

+

+Liberal

democracy

cycle

A Framework for Global Democratic Development, and Its Alternative


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Social Justice: Stress (dissonance) reduction across Maslows

Ends and Lasswells Means Values:

Part I. Types of Dissonance (GDA Gaps)

Drift

(expectations)

Theory

Actual

(perceptions)

Data Goal(s)

(needs, wants,hopes)

Culture(s)

Alienation

(need for affection)

Frustration

(need for achievement)

Disempowerment

(need for power)

science philosophy

praxis


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Self-

actualization

(fulfillment)

Self-

respect

(responsibility)

Belongingness(love, affection,

identities)

Safety, security

(anticipated

survival)

Physiological

needs

(survival)

Maslows Hierarchy

of Basic Needs,

Prioritized by

Equal Levels ofPerceived

Threatened

Deprivation

I

II

III

IV

V

Lasswells Value Checklist:Social Means to Attaining

Maslows Checklist of

Basic Needs

Attributes Relations

Inner well-being rectitude

enlightenment affection

Outer wealth powerskill respect

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