LEADER 04715nam 2200889Ia 450 001 9910780863403321 005 20230120082916.0 010 $a1-282-45818-3 010 $a1-282-93589-5 010 $a9786612935893 010 $a9786612458187 010 $a1-4008-3167-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400831678 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006999 035 $a(EBL)483580 035 $a(OCoLC)630535210 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000488353 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11332581 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000488353 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10450130 035 $a(PQKB)10549922 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001061874 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12415097 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001061874 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11110258 035 $a(PQKB)11096024 035 $a(OCoLC)899264552 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36468 035 $a(DE-B1597)446877 035 $a(OCoLC)979835225 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400831678 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL483580 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364761 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293589 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4968605 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL245818 035 $a(OCoLC)741250514 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC483580 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4968605 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006999 100 $a20090727e20092007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhat democracy is for$b[electronic resource] $eon freedom and moral government /$fStein Ringen 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton ;$aOxford $cPrinceton University Press$d2009, c2007 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-12984-3 311 $a0-691-14116-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [297]-313) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface to the Paperback Edition -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tCHAPTER 1. How Good Are the Good Democracies? -- $tCHAPTER 2. Is Economic Democracy Available? -- $tCHAPTER 3. What Should Welfare States Do? -- $tCHAPTER 4. Can We Eradicate Poverty? -- $tCHAPTER 5. What Do Families Do? -- $tCHAPTER 6. Where Does Freedom Come From? -- $tCONCLUSIONS -- $tAPPENDIX A. The Truth About Class Inequality -- $tAPPENDIX B. How Good Is the Kindest Democracy? -- $tAPPENDIX C. What Does a Good Press Look Like? -- $tAPPENDIX D. The Flat-Tax Issue -- $tAPPENDIX E. The Basic-Minimum-Income Issue -- $tAPPENDIX F. The Index Problem -- $tAPPENDIX G. Social Anchorage -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aIn this provocative book, Stein Ringen argues that the world's democracies are failing to live up to their ideals--the United States and Great Britain most especially. The core value of democracy, he contends, is freedom, the freedom to live a good life according to one's own choosing. Yet he shows that democracy's freedom is on the decline. Citizens are increasingly distrustful of political systems weighted by money, and they don't participate in political affairs as they once did. Ringen warns of the risks we face if this trend continues, and puts forth an ambitious proposal for democratic reforms. The issues that concern him are ones that should concern us all. They include education, poverty, the social and economic roles of families, the lack of democracy in our economic lives, and the need to rejuvenate municipal democracy. Along the way, Ringen proposes policy solutions aimed at restoring democracy, such as universal vouchers for education, substituting the principle of individual insurance for social-welfare pensions, and rethinking how we measure poverty in rich and poor countries. He calls for the revival of local democracy, a democratically grounded global economy, and the protection of political democracy from the transgressions of economic power. The way to protect democracy is not to cheer it, but to reform it. What Democracy Is For offers a bold defense of democratic ideals, grounded in real reforms. 606 $aDemocracy 606 $aBusiness and politics 606 $aCorporate power 606 $aGlobalization 606 $aPolitical ethics 606 $aSocial justice 615 0$aDemocracy. 615 0$aBusiness and politics. 615 0$aCorporate power. 615 0$aGlobalization. 615 0$aPolitical ethics. 615 0$aSocial justice. 676 $a321.8 700 $aRingen$b Stein$0249812 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780863403321 996 $aWhat democracy is for$93735327 997 $aUNINA