1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452138303321

Autore

Bass Jack

Titolo

The Palmetto State [[electronic resource] ] : the making of modern South Carolina / / Jack Bass and W. Scott Poole

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of South Carolina Press, c2009

ISBN

1-280-59300-8

9786613622839

1-61117-132-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PooleW. Scott <1971->

Disciplina

975.7

Soggetti

Racism - Political aspects - Southern States - History

Electronic books.

South Carolina History

South Carolina Race relations History

South Carolina Politics and government

South Carolina Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-221) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The beginning -- The American Revolution -- An era of decline -- War and Reconstruction -- The Tillman era -- World wars and the Depression -- Civil rights era -- Politics of transition -- A new era evolves -- Popular culture -- The Republican rise -- Beyond the Bozart -- The changing economy -- Change and continuity -- A South Carolina chronology.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996213975203316

Titolo

The Blackwell guide to social and political philosophy / / edited by Robert L. Simon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Blackwell, 2002

ISBN

1-4051-6478-6

1-78268-743-2

1-281-32077-3

9786611320775

0-470-70285-0

0-470-75662-4

0-470-75653-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 pages)

Collana

Blackwell philosophy guides ; ; 9

Altri autori (Persone)

SimonRobert L. <1941->

Disciplina

300.1

320/.01

Soggetti

Political science - Philosophy

Social sciences - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Blackwell Guide to Social and Political Philosophy; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Social and Political Philosophy – Sorting Out the Issues; Part I Core Principles and the Liberal Democratic State; 1 Political Obligation and Authority; 2 Liberty, Coercion, and the Limits of the State; 3 Justice; 4 Equality; 5 Preference, Rationality, and Democratic Theory; Part II Liberalism, Its Critics, and Alternative Approaches; 6 Marx's Legacy; 7 Feminism and Political Theory; 8 Liberalism and the Challenge of Communitarianism; 9 Liberal Theories and their Critics

Part III Pluralism, Diversity, and Deliberation; 10 Deliberative Democracy; 11 Citizenship and Pluralism; 12 The New Enlightenment: Critical Reflections on the Political Significance of Race; 13 Religion and Liberal Democracy; Select Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

The Blackwell Guide to Social and Political Philosophy brings together a



collection of newly commissioned essays which examine fundamental issues in social and political theory. Written by leading social and political philosophers, each essay provides a map to the history of the issue at hand and a judicious assessment of the main arguments that have been brought to bear upon that issue.