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UNINA9910779341203321 |
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Pettit Philip <1945-> |
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On the people's terms : a republican theory and model of democracy / / Philip Pettit [[electronic resource]] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
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1-139-85375-9 |
1-107-23419-0 |
1-139-84231-5 |
1-107-25417-5 |
1-139-83993-4 |
1-139-84467-9 |
1-139-01742-X |
1-283-83601-7 |
1-139-84112-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 338 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Republicanism |
Political science - Philosophy |
Democracy |
State, The |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the republic, old and new; 1. Freedom as non-domination; 2. Social justice; 3. Political legitimacy; 4. Democratic influence; 5. Democratic control; Conclusion: the argument, in summary. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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According to republican theory, we are free persons to the extent that we are protected and secured in the same fundamental choices, on the same public basis, as one another. But there is no public protection or security without a coercive state. Does this mean that any freedom we enjoy is a superficial good that presupposes a deeper, political form of subjection? Philip Pettit addresses this crucial question in On the People's Terms. He argues that state coercion will not involve individual |
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