Ian Shapiro / Casiano Hacker-Cordsn (eds.)

Democracy's Values

Ed. by Ian Shapiro and Casiano Hacker-Cordon

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this volume (and its companion, Democracy's Edges) prominent political theorists and social scientists present original discussions of the most important issues in democratic politics. Democracy's Values deals with the nature and value of democracy, particularly the tensions between it and such goods as justice, equality, efficiency, and freedom.

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Produktdetails

• Contemporary Political Theory
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 1999.
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9780521643887
• ISBN-10: 0521643880
• Artikelnr.: 09588664

Inhaltsangabe

1. Promises and disappointments: reconsidering democracy's value Ian Shapiro and Casiano Hacker-Cordón; Part I. Minimal Democracy: 2. Minimalist conception of democracy: a defense Adam Przeworski; 3. Does democracy engender justice? John Roemer; 4. Democracy and other goods Partha Dasgupta and Eric Maskin; Part II. Beyond Minimalism: 5. Democracy and development: a complex relationship Pranab Bardhan; 6. Death and taxes: extractive equality and the development of democratic institutions Margaret Levi; 7. Democracy and development John Dunn; 8. State, civil society, and social justice Iris Marion Young; 9. Republican freedom and contestatory democratisation Phillip Pettit; 10. Contestatory democracy versus real freedom for all Philippe van Parijs.

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1. Promises and disappointments: reconsidering democracy's value Ian
Shapiro and Casiano Hacker-Cordón; Part I. Minimal Democracy: 2. Minimalist
conception of democracy: a defense Adam Przeworski; 3. Does democracy
engender justice? John Roemer; 4. Democracy and other goods Partha Dasgupta
and Eric Maskin; Part II. Beyond Minimalism: 5. Democracy and development:
a complex relationship Pranab Bardhan; 6. Death and taxes: extractive
equality and the development of democratic institutions Margaret Levi; 7.
Democracy and development John Dunn; 8. State, civil society, and social
justice Iris Marion Young; 9. Republican freedom and contestatory
democratisation Phillip Pettit; 10. Contestatory democracy versus real
freedom for all Philippe van Parijs.

Rezensionen

'What is democracy good for? Even if it did no more than ensure the orderly and peaceful transfer of power from one government to another, that would be enough to make it attractive in comparison to the alternatives. But many people have hoped for more. They would like to think that there can (with the right institutions) be some reliable connection between democracy and other values such as freedom, social justice, or prosperity. The editors are to be congratulated on having assembled a first rate collection of sharply-argued essays that ask what we can realistically expect of democracy.' Brian Barry, Columbia University