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The democratic horizon : hyperpluralism and the renewal of political liberalism /
"Alessandro Ferrara explains what he terms "the democratic horizon"--The idea that democracy is no longer simply one form of government among others, but is instead almost universally regarded as the only legitimate form of government, the horizon to which most of us look. Professor F...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Alessandro Ferrara explains what he terms "the democratic horizon"--The idea that democracy is no longer simply one form of government among others, but is instead almost universally regarded as the only legitimate form of government, the horizon to which most of us look. Professor Ferrara reviews the challenges under which democracies must operate, focusing on hyperpluralism, and impresses a new twist onto the framework of political liberalism. He shows that distinguishing real democracies from imitations can be difficult, responding to this predicament by enriching readers' understanding of the spirit of democracy; clearing readers' views of pluralism from residues of ethnocentrism; and conceiving multiple versions of democratic culture, rooted in the diversity of civilizational contexts"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 243 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107732018 1107732018 9781139565004 1139565001 9781107723894 1107723892 9781107728509 1107728509 |