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  • - A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights
    av Will (Research Director Kymlicka
    572,-

    The increasingly multicultural fabric of modern societies has given rise to many new conflicts, as ethnic minorities and national minorities demand recognition and support for their cultural identity. Writing in a clear and non-technical way, Will Kymlicka, the leading political philosopher of his generation, provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of this crucial political issue.

  • av Frank (Professor of Political Science Lovett
    580,-

    This book offers a comprehensive account of republican political theory. It focuses on the classical and contemporary republicans' compelling political vision built on a commitment to promoting freedom from domination, establishing popular control over public officials, and securing the empire of law.

  • - An Egalitarian Defence of the Marriage-Free State
    av University of Cambridge) Chambers, Clare (University Senior Lecturer in Philosophy & University Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
    368 - 550,-

    Clare Chambers argues that marriage violates both equality and liberty and should not be trecognized by the state. She shows how feminist and liberal principles require creation of a marriage-free state: one in which private marriages, whether religious or secular, would have no legal status.

  • - A Philosophical Exploration
    av Anna (Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and Human Values Stilz
    603,-

    This important new book by one of the world's leading political theorists boldly questions the moral justification for organizing our world as a territorial states-system and proposes major changes to states' sovereign powers.

  • - Aboriginal Peoples, Persistent Injustice, and the Ethics of Political Action
    av Burke A. (Associate Professor of Political Science Hendrix
    898,-

    This volumes argues that it is essential for political theorists to think carefully about the political circumstances of indigenous groups facing persistent injustice, and about the political methods that these groups may adopt in seeking to improve their condition, particularly focusing on indigenous communitities in the US and Canada.

  • av Philippe (Professor Van Parijs
    496,-

    In Europe and throughout the world, competence in English is spreading at a speed never achieved by any language in human history. This growing dominance of English is frequently perceived as being grossly unjust. This book is the first systematic treatment of the of the normative aspects of language policy and how this relates to justice.

  • - Character Education in a Liberal Democracy
    av Ian (Assistant Professor of Political Science MacMullen
    982,-

    This book examines the goals of civic education in liberal democracy, and demonstrates how we can recognize the value of the kinds of character formation that civic education has traditionally involved without losing the portion of the truth that can be found in the orthodox view which favors critical autonomy

  • - Public Reasoning about the Ends of Policy
    av Henry S. (Professor of Philosophy Richardson
    417,-

    Democratic Autonomyargues that in a legitimate, democratic government, we must rule ourselves by reasoning with one another. Henry Richardson builds a convincing case for a qualified populism and for a strong form of delibrative democracy based on liberal and republican premises.

  • av Australian National University and University of Essex) Goodin & Robert E. (Professor of Social and Political Theory and Philosophy at the Research School of Social Scienes
    654 - 791,-

    In this strikingly original book, one of the leading authors in the field, focuses on the influential idea of deliberative democracy. Goodin examines the great challenge of how to implement the deliberative ideal among millions of people at once and comes up with a novel solution: 'democratic deliberation within'.

  • - Moral Foundations for International Law
    av Allen Buchanan
    725,-

    This is the most systematic moral theory of international law available. Allen Buchanan offers principled and realistic proposals for how international law should respond to some of today's most urgent problems, including the justification of humanitarian intervention and secessionist conflicts.

  • - Political Education and Liberal Democracy
    av Stanford University) Callan & Eamonn (Professor of Education
    1 029 - 2 180,-

    This timely and important book presents a compelling new theory of political education for liberal democracies. Amidst current concern over the need to encourage a morally sensitive and committed citizenry, Professor Callan's study provides a much-needed balanced discussion of the proper ends of education, as well as the moral rights of parents and children.

  • - Liberals, Critics, Contestations
    av John S. ( Dryzek
    762,-

    Dryzek argues that democratic theory is now dominated by a deliberative approach. Discussing various models of democracy he shows that democracy should be critical of established power, transitional in extending beyond national boundaries and dynamic in its openness to changing constraints upon and opportunities for democratization.

  • - Rights, Citizenship, and Republican Liberalism
    av Richard (Professor of Political Science Dagger
    581,-

    Part of the OXFORD POLITICAL THEORY series discussing political rights and arguing for a republican liberalism that, while celebrating the liberal heritage of autonomy and rights, solidly places these within social relations and obligations which are often obscured and forgotten.

  • - On the Rights and Obligations of Economic Citizenship
    av Stuart ( White
    2 097,-

    In this highly relevant and important contribution to the debate on the future of the welfare state, Stuart White reconsiders the principles of economic citizenship appropriate to a democratic society, and explores the radical implications of these principles for public policy.

  • av University of Toronto) Carens, Professor of Political Science & Joseph (Professor of Political Science
    539 - 724,-

    Eminent political theorist Joseph Carens tests the limits of democratic theory in the realm of immigration, arguing that any acceptable immigration policy must be based on moral principles even if it conflicts with the will of the majority.

  • av Philippe (Professor at the University of Louvain (Belgium) Van Parijs
    1 074,-

    In Europe and throughout the world, competence in English is spreading at a speed never achieved by any language in human history. This growing dominance of English is frequently perceived as being grossly unjust. This book is the first systematic treatment of the of the normative aspects of language policy and how this relates to justice.

  • av Anne (Professor of Politics Phillips
    1 130,-

    This study, in the celebrated Oxford Political Theory series, provides a ground-breaking contribution to the widespread and controversial debate about how women, ethnic minorities, and other disadvantaged groups should be represented in politics.

  • av David Miller
    561 - 1 133,-

    Steering a middle course between cosmopolitanism and a narrow nationalism, the book develops an original theory of global justice that also addresses controversial topics such as immigration and reparations for historic wrongdoing.

  • av Avner De-Shalit & Jonathan Wolff
    522 - 1 297,-

    This book combines a philosophical analysis of the idea of disadvantage with practical proposals for moving society in the direction of equality, by 'declustering disadvantage'. The analysis of the book will interest political philosophers, social policy theorists, and practitioners involved in the design and delivery of actual social policy.

  • - The Idea of Equal Opportunity and its Place in Egalitarian Thought
    av Andrew (Professor of Political Theory Mason
    1 371,-

    "Equality of opportunity for all" is a fine piece of political rhetoric but the ideal that lies behind it is slippery to say the least. This book defends a particular account of the ideal and its place in a more radical version of what it is to level the playing field.

  • - The Hijab Controversy and Political Philosophy
    av Cecile ( Laborde
    1 089,-

    The first comprehensive analysis of the philosophical issues raised by the hijab controversy in France, this book also conducts a dialogue between contemporary Anglo-American and French political theory and defends a progressive republican solution to multicultural conflicts in contemporary societies.

  • - An Essay on Epistemology and Political Theory
    av Gerald F. (Professor of Political Science and Philosophy Gaus
    1 519,-

    Drawing on current work in epistemology and cognitive psychology, this treatise develops a theory of personally justified belief. Building on this, it then advances an account of public justification that is more normative and less "populist" than the views of political liberals.

  • - What (if Anything) Can Justify Capitalism?
    av Philippe Van (Professor of Economic and Social Ethics Parijs
    910,-

    In this paperback edition of a highly successful, ground-breaking study, Philippe Van Parijs sets out a new and compelling case for a just society. Calling for an unconditional basic income for all, Real Freedom for All will be required reading for anyone concerned about the welfare state and its role in modern liberal democracies.

  • av David Miller
    762 - 1 549,-

    The claims of nationality have come to dominate politics in the last decade of the twentieth century. In this lucid and provocative book David Miller examines what nationality means to us and how it should bear on our political life.

  • - A Theory of Diversity and Freedom
    av Chandran Kukathas
    895 - 1 848,-

    Chandran Kukathas offers a book-length treatment of his controversial and influential theory of minority rights. He argues that the free society should not be seen as a hierarchy of superior and subordinate authorities but an archipelago of competing and overlapping jurisdictions.

  • - A Treatise on Social Justice, Volume II
    av Brian Barry
    1 237 - 2 139,-

    For over twenty years, Brian Barry has been writing on the foundations of a liberal-democratic constitutional order. Standing against the trend towards relativism in political philosophy, Barry offers a contemporary restatement of the Enlightenment idea that certain basic principles can validly claim the allegiance of every reasonable human being.

  • av Iris Marion ( Young
    639,-

    In a follow-up to "Justice and the Politics of Difference", Young contributes to the debates about democracy in a multicultural society. She considers the ideals of political inclusion and exclusion and recommends ways of engaging in democratic politics in a more inclusive way.

  • - A Theory of Freedom and Government
    av New York, Columbia University, Australian National University) Pettit, m.fl.
    660 - 1 890,-

    New in paperback this widely acclaimed volume presents the finest account of contemporary republican principles. The book examines traditional republican conceptions of freedom, negative and positive views of liberty and the implementation of the idea.

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