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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792181103321

Autore

Smith William

Titolo

Civil disobedience and deliberative democracy / / William Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-01753-0

1-135-01754-9

0-203-75850-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 p.)

Collana

Routledge innovations in political theory ; ; 53

Classificazione

POL000000

Disciplina

303.6/1

Soggetti

Civil disobedience

Deliberative democracy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Justice, democracy and deliberation -- 2. Civil disobedience against injustice -- 3. Civil disobedience against deliberative inertia -- 4. Civil disobedience as a moral right -- 5. Civil disobedience and the state.

Sommario/riassunto

"Civil disobedience is a public, nonviolent, conscientious yet political act, contrary to law, carried out to communicate opposition to law and policy of government. This book presents a theory of civil disobedience that draws on ideas associated with deliberative democracy"--