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The priority of democracy : political consequences of pragmatism /

Pragmatism and its consequences are central issues in American politics today, yet scholars rarely examine in detail the relationship between pragmatism and politics. In The Priority of Democracy, Jack Knight and James Johnson systematically explore the subject and make a strong case for adopting a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knight, Jack, 1952-
Otros Autores: Johnson, James, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Colección:A Princeton University Press e-book
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminaries
  • Pragmatism and the problem of institutional design
  • The appeal of decentralization
  • The priority of democracy and the burden of justification
  • Reconsidering the role of political argument in democratic politics
  • Refining reflexivity
  • Formal conditions : institutionalizing liberal guarantees
  • Substantive conditions : pragmatism and effectiveness.