Ian Shapiro / Casiano Hacker-Cordsn (eds.)

Democracy's Edges

Herausgeber: Hacker-Cordon, Casiano; Shapiro, Ian; Hardin, Russell

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Democracy has been a flawed hegemony since the fall of communism. Its flexibility, its commitment to equality of representation, and its recognition of the legitimacy of opposition politics, are all positive features for political institutions. But democracy has many deficiencies: it is all too easily held hostage by powerful interests; it often fails to advance social justice; and it does not cope well with a number of features of the political landscape, such as political identities, boundary disputes, and environmental crises. Although democracy is valuable it fits uneasily with many other political values and is in many respects less than equal to the demands it confronts. In this volume (and its companion, Democracy's Value) some of the world's most prominent political theorists and social scientists present original discussions of these urgently vexing subjects. Democracy's Edges analyses an enduring problem: how to establish the boundaries of democratic polities democratically.

Produktdetails

• Contemporary Political Theory
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780521643894
• ISBN-10: 0521643899
• Artikelnr.: 09588583

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Ian Shapiro and Casiano Hacker-Cordón; Part I: 2. Can international organizations be democratic? A skeptic's view Robert A. Dahl; 3. A comment on Dahl's skepticism James Tobin; 4. The democratic order, economic globalization and ecological restrictions - on the relation of material and formal democracy Elman Altvater; 5. Democracy and collective bads Russell Hardin; 6. The transformation of political community: rethinking democracy in the context of globalization David Held; 7. Citizenship in an era of globalization Will Kymlicka; 8. Comment on Held's cosmopolitanism Alexander Wendt; 9. Feminist social criticism and the international movement for women's rights as human rights Brooke A. Ackerly and Susan Moller-Okin; Part II: 10. Democratic liberty of the tyrannies of place Douglas Rae; 11. Democracy and the politics of recognition Elizabeth Kiss; 12. Group aspirations and democratic politics Ian Shapiro; 13. American democracy and the new Christian right: a critique of apolitical liberalism Jeffrey C. Isaac, Matthew Filner and Jason Bivins; 13. Between liberalism and a hard place Courtney Jung; Rationality: democracy and leaky boundaries: vertical v. horizontal modularity Susan Hurley.

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1. Introduction Ian Shapiro and Casiano Hacker-Cordón; Part I: 2. Can
international organizations be democratic? A skeptic's view Robert A. Dahl;
3. A comment on Dahl's skepticism James Tobin; 4. The democratic order,
economic globalization and ecological restrictions - on the relation of
material and formal democracy Elman Altvater; 5. Democracy and collective
bads Russell Hardin; 6. The transformation of political community:
rethinking democracy in the context of globalization David Held; 7.
Citizenship in an era of globalization Will Kymlicka; 8. Comment on Held's
cosmopolitanism Alexander Wendt; 9. Feminist social criticism and the
international movement for women's rights as human rights Brooke A. Ackerly
and Susan Moller-Okin; Part II: 10. Democratic liberty of the tyrannies of
place Douglas Rae; 11. Democracy and the politics of recognition Elizabeth
Kiss; 12. Group aspirations and democratic politics Ian Shapiro; 13.
American democracy and the new Christian right: a critique of apolitical
liberalism Jeffrey C. Isaac, Matthew Filner and Jason Bivins; 13. Between
liberalism and a hard place Courtney Jung; Rationality: democracy and leaky
boundaries: vertical v. horizontal modularity Susan Hurley.

Rezensionen

'In a world where the boundaries of nation-states are criss-crossed by vast movements of people, capital, cultures and ideas and increasingly contested from within and without, questions about the scope of democracy should be at the forefront of democratic theory. This volume will ensure that they are. The contributors are amongst the leading thinkers in the field and their papers address the nature and scope of democracy in fresh and insightful ways in light of current developments in world politics. Topical, timely and well-organized, this volume is a must for democratic theorists everywhere.' Duncan Ivison, University of Sydney