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Autore: | Pettit Philip <1945-> |
Titolo: | On the people's terms : a republican theory and model of democracy / / Philip Pettit [[electronic resource]] |
Pubblicazione: | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xii, 338 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina: | 321.8/6 |
Soggetto topico: | Republicanism |
Political science - Philosophy | |
Democracy | |
State, The | |
Note generali: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 subjection or domination insofar as we enjoy an equally shared form of control over those in power. This claim may seem utopian but it is supported by a realistic model of the institutions that might establish such democratic control. Beginning with a fresh articulation of republican ideas, Pettit develops a highly original account of the rationale of democracy, breathing new life into democratic theory. |
Titolo autorizzato: | On the people's terms |
ISBN: | 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 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910452981003321 |
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