American Democracy [electronic resource] : Selected Essays on Theory, Practice, and Critique /
Green, P.author.
The book examines the problems that plague contemporary American democracy. Written from the standpoint of democratic theory, and from a progressive point of view, the book explores different facets of American democratic culture and its various deficits - deficits that can lead to the crippling of democratic politics.
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Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I: American Democracy: Theory, Practice and Critique; 1 Introduction; 2 Science, Government, and the Case of RAND: A Singular Pluralism; I; II; III; IV; Afterword (2014); 3 In Defense of the State; I; II; Afterword (2014); 4 Equality Since Rawls: Objective Philosophers, Subjective Citizens, and Rational Choice; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; Afterword (2014); References; 5 A Few Kind Words for Liberalism; Afterword (2014); Part II: "Really Existing Democracy"; 6 Rethinking Democratic Theory: The American Case
1. The Role of Money in Politics2. The Possibility of Representation; 3. Democratic Citizenship; 4. The Question of Empire; 5. The Role of Ideology; 6. Communications Monopolies and Democratic Politics; 7 The Discourse on Immigration: Myths and Principles; 8 On-Screen Barbarism: Violence in U.S. Visual Culture; I; II; III; 9 Farewell to Democracy?; I; II; III; IV; Afterword (2014); Part III: "It Would Be a Good Idea"; 10 Prolegomena to a Democratic Theory of the Division of Labor; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; 11 Postscript: Democracy; Notes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4
Chapter 6Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10
The book examines the problems that plague contemporary American democracy. Written from the standpoint of democratic theory, and from a progressive point of view, the book explores different facets of American democratic culture and its various deficits - deficits that can lead to the crippling of democratic politics.
Political theory.
Political philosophy.
Democracy.
Law-Philosophy.
Law.
Social sciences.
World politics.
Political Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Democracy.
Fundamentals of Law.
Social Sciences, general.
Political History.