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On the people's terms : a republican theory and model of democracy /
"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 s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | John Robert Seeley lectures.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-328) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781139839938 1139839934 9781139017428 113901742X 9781139842310 1139842315 9781139844673 1139844679 1139853759 9781139853750 1107234190 9781107234192 1107254175 9781107254176 1283836017 9781283836012 1139841122 9781139841122 |