Democratic political theory /

Professor Pennock launches an encyclopedic study that evaluates and ultimately synthesizes a variety of democratic theories. After defining democracy and examining the basic tensions both within and between liberty and equality, and individualism and collectivism, the author sets forth two typologie...

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Autor principal: Pennock, J. Roland (James Roland), 1906-1995 (Autor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1979.
Col·lecció:Princeton legacy library.
Accés en línia:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=947168
Taula de continguts:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER I. What Is Democracy?
  • CHAPTER II. Liberty and Equality: A Democratic Tension
  • CHAPTER III. Individualism and Collectivism: An Additional Tension
  • CHAPTER IV. Justificatory Democratic Theory
  • CHAPTER V. Types of Operational Democratic Theory
  • CHAPTER VI. Conditions of Democracy
  • CHAPTER VII. Responsiveness and Responsibility
  • CHAPTER VIII. Representation
  • CHAPTER IX. Decision-Making Rules and Machinery: Individualistic Theories
  • CHAPTER X. Decision-Making Rules and Machinery: Other Theories
  • CHAPTER XI. Participation
  • CHAPTER XII. Leadership
  • CHAPTER XIII. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Backmatter