Political Scholarship of Giovanni Sartori

Marek Bankowicz is a Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University. His expertise includes both political theory and comparative politics, among others, the theory of democracy and the modern history and politics of Czechia. Michal Kubát is a Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University. His expertise includes comparative politics, concretely, among others, democratic and non-democratic regimes, presidential politics, and the political systems of Central Europe.

• .- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Sartori’s Beginnings in Philosophy.- Chapter 3 Polemics with Marxism.- Chapter 4 On Democracy.- Chapter 5 A General Theory of Dictatorship.- Chapter 6 Democracy and Political Parties.- Chapter 7 Functional and Dysfunctional Democracies.- Chapter 8 Science and Political Science.- Chapter 9 Conclusion.