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Putting ideas to work : a practical introduction to political thought / / Mark Mattern
| Putting ideas to work : a practical introduction to political thought / / Mark Mattern |
| Autore | Mattern Mark <1954-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland ; ; Oxford, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publisher, Inc., , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (473 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.01 |
| Soggetto topico |
Political science - Philosophy
Political ethics Political planning |
| ISBN |
0-7425-4889-9
1-4616-4159-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Good versus bad political philosophy; The nature of truth and thefoundations of political philosophy; Tensions in theory and practice; Putting ideas to work ... for democracy; Questions, problems, and activities; PART I: The Individual and the Community; 1 Radical Individualism and the Tragedy of the Commons; Public problems; More government coercion?; Roots of radical individualism; Questions, problems, and activities; 2 Democratic Community; Recognizing interdependence, choosing solidarity
Self-interest rightly understoodCivic virtue; Democratic community; Communitarianism; Community and diversity; Questions, problems, and activities; PART II: Freedom and Equality; 3 Radical Inequality and Its Roots; Public problems; Intellectual defenses of inequality; Negative freedom and its linkage to property; Practical tradeoffs between freedom and equality; Questions, problems, and activities; 4 More Freedom and Equality?; Different kinds of freedom; Freedom requires restraint; Equality increases positive freedom; Questions, problems, and activities; PART III: Justice and Political Order 5 Thrasymachus Was RightPublic problems; Power and interest; You deserve what you get; Internalized oppression; Questions, problems, and activities; 6 No Peace without Justice; Justice and care; Justice, property, and the social contract; Satisfaction of basic human needs; Justice and self-determination; Questions, problems, and activities; PART IV: Democracy and Capitalism; 7 An Unhappy Marriage; Public problems; What is democracy?; Liberal democracy; Participatory and liberal democracy compared; Questions, problems, and activities; 8 Democracy as a Way of Life; Humanist economics An economy of sufficiencyA democratic economy; Questions, problems, and activities; PART V: Power and Citizenship; 9 Power and the Disappearing Citizen; Public problems; Power and the impoverishment of citizenship; Questions, problems, and activities; 10 Power and the Revival of Citizenship; Education for critical consciousness; Democratic culture; Power and collective action; Questions, problems, and activities; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826977903321 |
Mattern Mark <1954->
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| Lanham, Maryland ; ; Oxford, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publisher, Inc., , 2006 | ||
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