Reframing the Meaning of Democracy: The Globalization of Democratic Development, Viewed through the Paradigms of Political Science, Political

Practice, and Political Philosophy Richard W. Chadwick

Three Major Paradigms: Political Philosophy, Science, Praxis Three Minor Paradigms: Political Theory, Culture, Data

Political Theory

Political Science

Political Philosophy

Political Data

Political Practice (praxis)

Political Culture

Theory, data, culture: semantic spaces within which are created models of the possible, real and desirable, respectively.
Models of the Possible

Science

Philosophy

Models of the Real

Practice (praxis)

Models of the Desirable

Political Theory Collected data driving theory (grounded theory, hypothesis testing,) Theory driving data collection

Political Science:
Goal: dissonance reduction between models of the possible and models of the real

Political Philosophy Faith in Political Science Subculture

Political Data

Practice (praxis)

Faith in Political Theory

Political Practice:
Goal: dissonance reduction between models of the real and models of the desirable

Science

Philosophy

Political Data

Reality driving visions (realistic adjustment)

Struggle to achieve political goals

Political Subculture

Political Philosophy:
Goal: dissonance reduction between models of the possible and models of the desirable

Develop political theory that makes the desirable possible (values driven theory Political development) Develop new Science culture model(s) consistent with theory

Political Theory

Faith in Political Data (History - past, present, future)

Political Practice

Political Subculture

A Framework for Global Democratic Development, and Its Alternative Fear + Political Stability

Machiavellian cycle +

Liberal democracy cycle

+

Repression

Social Justice

Social Justice: Stress (dissonance) reduction across Maslows Ends and Lasswells Means Values: Part I. Types of Dissonance (GDA Gaps)

Drift (expectations)
Disempowerment (need for power) science Theory Alienation (need for affection) philosophy

Actual Data Culture(s) Goal(s) praxis (perceptions) Frustration (needs, wants,hopes) (need for achievement)

Selfactualization (fulfillment)

Lasswells Value Checklist:

Social Means to Attaining Maslows Checklist of Basic Needs
Selfrespect (responsibility)
II Belongingness (love, affection, identities) III Attributes Inner well-being enlightenment Relations rectitude affection

Outer

wealth skill

power respect

Maslows Hierarchy of Basic Needs, Prioritized by Equal Levels of Perceived Threatened Deprivation

Safety, security (anticipated survival) IV Physiological needs (survival)