Justice and democracy
Subtitle: cross-cultural perspectives
By: edited by Ron Bontekoe, Marietta Stepaniants.
Contributors: Bontekoe, Ronald, 1954-; Stepani͡a︡nt͡s︡, M. T.; East-West Philosophers' Conference (7th : 1996? : Honolulu, Hawaii)
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press; University of Hawaii Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Honolulu, Hawaii
Language: eng
Number of pages: 477
Subjects: Democracy -- Congresses.; Social justice -- Congresses.; Liberty -- Congresses.
Description: Today democracy is increasingly recognized around the world as the only form of government with moral legitimacy. The problems of establishing and preserving truly democratic institutions, however, vary dramatically from culture to culture. Justice and Democracy explores these problems from a wide range of perspectives, theoretical and practical.

It addresses problems relating to the distortion of democratic decision-making by the gross disparities in wealth that arise in capitalist economies, and, in particular, focuses on the problems relating to the reconciliation of democratic values with the indigenous religious and social values of a culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Selected papers delivered at the Seventh East-West Philosophers' Conference in Honolulu.