Understanding Habermas : Communicating Action and Deliberative Democracy

Weigard, Jarle, Eriksen, Erik Oddvar

ISBN 10: 082647179X / ISBN 13: 9780826471796

Published by Bloomsbury Academic & Professional, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Habermas : Communicating Action and Deliberative Democracy
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082647179X
• ISBN 13: 9780826471796
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This book provides an illuminating and comprehensive overview of Habermas' work. It explores the way in which his theories have developed and changed in the last twenty years, leading to an exposition of his more complex ideas and theories. His theory of communicative action is analysed, as are key themes, such as rights, public deliberation, law and democracy, and how they inter-relate. The question of how institutions can be designed to facilitate problem solving and conflict-resolution in a communicative manner is also discussed, and so is Habermas' contribution to the theory of international relations.

About the Author

Erik Oddvar Eriksen is based at ARENA (Advanced Research on the Europeanisation of the Nation State), University of Oslo.Jarle Weigard works at the University of Tromsų, Norway.