On the people's terms : a republican theory and model of democracy
Philip Pettit
Bok Engelsk 2012
| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2012
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| Omfang | xii, 338 sider
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| Opplysninger | Introduction: the republic, old and new; 1. Freedom as non-domination; 2. Social justice; 3. Political legitimacy; 4. Democratic influence; 5. Democratic control; Conclusion: the argument, in summary.. - "According to republican political theory, choosing freely requires being able to make the choice without subjection to another and freedom as a person requires being publicly protected against subjection in the exercise of basic liberties. But there is no public protection without a coercive state. And doesn't state coercion necessarily take from the freedom of the coerced? Philip Pettit addresses this question from a civic republican perspective, arguing that state interference does not involve subjection or domination if there is equally shared, popular control over government"--
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| ISBN | 0521182123. - 1107005116. - 9780521182126. - 9781107005112
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