The state of democratic theory /
What should we expect from democracy, and how likely is it that democracies will live up to those expectations? In The State of Democratic Theory, Ian Shapiro offers a critical assessment of contemporary answers to these questions, lays out his distinctive alternative, and explores its implications...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2003.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | What should we expect from democracy, and how likely is it that democracies will live up to those expectations? In The State of Democratic Theory, Ian Shapiro offers a critical assessment of contemporary answers to these questions, lays out his distinctive alternative, and explores its implications for policy and political action. Some accounts of democracy's purposes focus on aggregating preferences; others deal with collective deliberation in search of the common good. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 183 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-172) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781400825899 140082589X |