Description
Product ID: | 9781907301148 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Just Democracy |
Subtitle: | The Rawls-Machiavelli Programme |
Authors: | Author: Philippe Van Parijs |
Page Count: | 188 |
Subjects: | Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Political structures: democracy, Political structures: democracy |
Description: | In a series of provocative and timely essays, he explores what creating such a just democratic political system would involve in order to tackle such issues as intergenerational justice, multiculturalism and linguistic diversity. Philippe Van Parijs is one of the world''s leading political philosophers. In this book, he argues that the purpose of democracy should be to promote justice - we need not just democracy (in the sense of unqualified democracy) but a just democracy. Machiavelli and Rawls must be brought together. In a series of provocative and timely essays, he explores what creating such a just democratic political system would involve in order to tackle such issues as intergenerational justice, multiculturalism and linguistic diversity. He illustrates his arguments with examples drawn from the European Union and his native Belgium. |
Imprint Name: | ECPR Press |
Publisher Name: | ECPR Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2011-05-01 |