Just Democracy: The Rawls-Machiavelli Programme (Ecpr) - Softcover

Philippe Van Parijs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1907301143 ISBN 13: 9781907301148

Publisher: ECPR Press, 2011

Synopsis

Philippe Van Parijs is one of the world's leading political philosophers. In this book, he argues that the purpose of democracy should be to promote justice - we need not just democracy (in the sense of unqualified democracy) but a just democracy. Machiavelli and Rawls must be brought together. In a series of provocative and timely essays, he explores what creating such a just democratic political system would involve in order to tackle such issues as intergenerational justice, multiculturalism and linguistic diversity. He illustrates his arguments with examples drawn from the European Union and his native Belgium.

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About the Author:

Philippe Van Parijs holds doctorates in philosophy (Oxford) and the social sciences (Louvain). He is professor at the Université of Louvain, where he has directed the Hoover Chair of Economic and Social Ethics since its creation in 1991. He has been a regular visiting professor at Harvard University and at the University of Leuven, and has held visiting positions at many other institutions around the world. His books include Evolutionary Explanation in the Social Sciences (1981), Marxism Recycled (1993), Real Freedom for All (1995), What's Wrong with a Free Lunch? (2000) and Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World (2011).

About this edition

• Publisher: ECPR Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1907301143
• ISBN 13: 9781907301148
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188