John P. Mccormick

Weber, Habermas and Transformations of the European State

Constitutional, Social, and Supranational Democracy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book confronts the difficulty of theorizing progressive politics during radical state transformation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9780521743631
• ISBN-10: 052174363X
• Artikelnr.: 26146227

Autorenporträt

John P. McCormick is Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: theorizing modern transformations of law and democracy; 2.
The historical logic(s) of Habermas's critique of Weber's 'sociology of
law'; 3. The puzzle of law, democracy and historical change in Weber's
'sociology of law'; 4. Habermas's deliberatively legal Sozialstaat; 5.
Habermas on the European Union: normative aspirations; 6. The structural
transformation to the supranational Sektoralstaat and prospects for
democracy in the EU; 7. Conclusion: Habermas's philosophy of history and
the future of Europe.