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  • Contemporary Democratic Theory

    Is democracy worth saving? Responding to the erosion of democracy, philosophical debates have pivoted from analyzing the best forms of democracy to questioning what is so valuable about democracy to begin with, how we can save it, and whether it is indeed worth saving.Contemporary Democratic Theory charts this pivot and surveys the most important new developments in the philosophical, theoretical, ... Read more

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  • Dissent on Core Beliefs

    Religious and Secular Perspectives

    Edited by Simone Chambers, Peter Nosco ...
    Difference, diversity and disagreement are inevitable features of our ethical, social and political landscape. This collection of new essays investigates the ways that various ethical and religious traditions have dealt with intramural dissent; the volume covers nine separate traditions: Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, liberalism, Marxism, South Asian religions and natural ... Read more

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  • Active and Passive Citizens

    A Defense of Majoritarian Democracy

    Series series The University Center for Human Values Series
    A powerful case for why majority rule—not representation—is the defining feature of democratic politicsThe idea that democratic governance rests on active self-rule by citizens plays surprisingly little part in current theories of democracy, which instead stress the importance of representation by elected, appointed, or randomly selected bodies such as legislatures, courts, and juries. This would ... Read more

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  • Alternative Conceptions of Civil Society

    Series series Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics
    The idea of civil society has long been central to the Western liberal-democratic tradition, where it has been seen as a crucial site for the development and pursuit of basic liberal values such as individual freedom, social pluralism, and democratic citizenship. This book considers how a host of other ethical traditions define civil society. Unlike most studies of the subject, which focus on a ... Read more

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  • Deliberation, Democracy, and the Media

    Series series Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
    Is deliberative democracy the ideal goal of free speech? How do social movement organizations, activists, and political candidates use the media to frame their discourse? What responsibilities does the media have in maintaining or promoting democracy? In this broadly interdisciplinary volume, top scholars in communication, political science, sociology, law, and philosophy offer new perspectives on ... Read more

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    The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America

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  • When the People Speak:Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation

    Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation

    by James Fishkin ...
    All over the world democratic reforms have brought power to the people-but under conditions where the people have little opportunity to think about the power that they exercise. Do we want a democracy inspired by Madison or by Madison Avenue? A democracy animated by deliberation or by manipulation? This book examines each of the principal democratic theories and makes the case for a democracy in ... Read more

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  • The State of Democratic Theory

    by Ian Shapiro ...
    What should we expect from democracy, and how likely is it that democracies will live up to those expectations? In The State of Democratic Theory, Ian Shapiro offers a critical assessment of contemporary answers to these questions, lays out his distinctive alternative, and explores its implications for policy and political action.Some accounts of democracy's purposes focus on aggregating ... Read more

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  • Human Rights

    Concepts, Contests, Contingencies

    Series series The Amherst Series In Law, Jurisprudence, And Social Thought
    Today the language of human rights, if not human rights themselves, is nearly universal. Human Rights brings together essays that attend to both the allure and criticism of human rights. They examine contestation and contingency in today's human rights politics and help us rethink some of the basic concepts of human rights. Questions addressed in Human Rights include: Can national self ... Read more

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  • The Idea of a European Superstate

    Public Justification and European Integration - New Edition

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    Is there a justification for European integration? The Idea of a European Superstate examines this--the most basic--question raised by the European Union. In doing so, Glyn Morgan assesses the arguments put forward by eurosceptics and their critics. In a challenge to both sides of the debate, Morgan argues in support of a European superstate. Unless Europe forms a unitary sovereign state, Europe ... Read more

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    The Hard Questions

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    The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. A burgeoning human rights movement followed, yielding many treaties and new international institutions and shaping the constitutions and laws of many states. Yet human rights continue to be contested politically and legally and there is substantial philosophical and theoretical debate over their ... Read more

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  • Engendering Democracy

    by Anne Phillips ...
    Democracy is the central political issue of our age, yet debates over its nature and goals rarely engage with feminist concerns. Now that women have the right to vote, they are thought to present no special problems of their own. But despite the seemingly gender-neutral categories of individual or citizen, democratic theory and practice continues to privilege the male.This book reconsiders ... Read more

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