Democracy's Values (Contemporary Political Theory) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521643570 ISBN 13: 9780521643573

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Democracy's flexibility, its commitment to equality of representation, and its recognition of the legitimacy of opposition are all positive features of political institutions. But democracy fits uneasily with many other political values and is in many respects less than equal to the demands it confronts. In these two free-standing volumes some of the world's most prominent political theorists and social scientists present original discussions of these urgent issues. Democracy's Value deals with the nature and value of democracy, particularly the tensions between it and such goods as justice, equality, efficiency, and freedom. Democracy's Edges analyzes one of democracy's most enduring problems: how to establish the boundaries of democratic polities democratically.

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Book Description:

Democracy's flexibility, its commitment to equality of representation, and its recognition of the legitimacy of opposition are all positive features of political institutions. But democracy is in many respects less than equal to the demands it confronts. In this volume (and its companion, Democracy's Edges) some of the world's most prominent political theorists and social scientists present original discussions of these urgent issues. Democracy's Value deals with the nature and value of democracy, particularly the tensions between it and such goods as justice, equality, efficiency, and freedom.

Review:

"Democracy's Value and Democracy's Edges are companion volumes.... Judged individually, the overall quality of the essays in both of these books is very high. ...illuminating...clearly written." Ethics

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0521643570
• ISBN 13: 9780521643573
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 216
• Editor: Shapiro Ian, Hacker-Cordón Casiano