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Democracy and deliberation : new directions for democratic reform /

"People around the world are agitating for democracy and individual rights, but there is no consensus on a theory of liberal democracy that might guide them. What are the first principles of a just society? What political theory should shape public policy in such a society? In this book, James...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fishkin, James S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1991.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. The Limits of Systematic Justice
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. The Problem of Value
  • 1.3. The Problem of Value Continued: Future Generations
  • 1.4. Structure: Problems of Progress
  • 1.5. Assignment: Conflicting Visions of Equal Opportunity
  • 1.6. Democracy and Progress
  • pt. 2. Strategies of Reconstruction
  • 2.1. Criteria for an Acceptable Theory
  • 2.2. Beyond Intuitionism
  • 2.3. Political Thought Experiments
  • 2.4. Category 1: The Quest for Consent
  • 2.5. Category 2: Realistic Hypotheticals
  • 2.6. Category 3: Impartial Decision Procedures
  • 2.7. More on Category 3: Preference, Utility, and the Good
  • pt. 3. The Ideal of a Self-Reflective Society
  • 3.1. Toward Reconstruction
  • 3.2. The Legitimacy Problem
  • 3.3. Legitimacy and Obligation
  • 3.4. Liberty of Political Culture
  • 3.5. The Conditions of Activist Liberty
  • 3.6. Representation Vouchers and Deliberative Opinion Polls
  • 3.7. Conclusion.