The Real World of Democratic Theory /

The Real World of Democratic Theory / / Ian Shapiro.

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In this book Ian Shapiro develops and extends arguments that have established him as one of today's leading democratic theorists. Shapiro is hardheaded about the realities of politics and power, and the difficulties of fighting injustice and oppression. Yet he makes a compelling case that democ...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Shapiro, Ian,
MitwirkendeR:
Birney, Mayling,
Graetz, Michael J.,
Jung, Courtney,
Lust, Ellen,
Lust-Okar, Ellen,
Shapiro, Ian,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010]
©2011
Year of Publication:2010
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.) :; 6 line illus. 3 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • INTRODUCTION. Revisiting Democracy's Place
  • CHAPTER ONE. John Locke's Democratic Theory
  • CHAPTER TWO. Tyranny and Democracy: Reflections on Some Recent Literature
  • CHAPTER THREE. Problems and Prospects for Democratic Settlements: South Africa as a Model for the Middle East and Northern Ireland?
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Players, Preconditions, and Peace: Why Talks Fail and How They Might Succeed
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Containment and Democratic Cosmopolitanism
  • CHAPTER SIX. The Political Uses of Public Opinion: Lessons from the Estate Tax Repeal
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. The Constitutional Politics of Abortion in the United States
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. Democratic Justice : A Reply to Critics
  • Appendix to Chapter Three. Surveys of Israeli Business Elites
  • Appendix to Chapter Six. Polls on the Repeal or the Fairness of the Estate Tax
  • Index

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