Democracy's Values (Contemporary Political Theory)

ISBN 10: 0521643880 / ISBN 13: 9780521643887

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 1999

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• Titolo: Democracy's Values (Contemporary Political Theory)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521643880
• ISBN 13: 9780521643887
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

Deals with the nature and value of democracy, and tensions with such goods as justice, equality, efficiency and freedom.

Recensione

'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