Confucian democracy in East Asia : theory and practice /
Kim, Sungmoon,author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-310) and index.
Introduction: Toward Confucian democratic theory -- Part I. Beyond Thick Confucian Communitarianism and Meritocratic Elitism: 1. Beyond thick Confucian Communitarianism I: The Confucian social self and its discontent; 2. Beyond think Confucian Communitarism II: Toward civil Confucianism; 3. Against meritocratic elitism -- Part II. Confucian Democracy in Theory: A Pluralist Reconstruction: 4. Value pluralism and Confucian democratic civil society; 5. Confucian familialism and public reasoning; 6. In defense of Confucian democratic welfarism; 7. Rethinking political meritocracy: selection plus two -- Part III. Confucian Democracy in Practice: The Korean Case: 8. Motivating and legitimating Confucian democracy: the politics of Chŏng; 9. Confucian Public reason and the liberalism of human rights; 10. Confucian civility and expressive liberty; 11. Confucianizing multiculturalism.
Democracy