Liberalism and pluralism : towards a politics of compromise / Richard Bellamy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bellamy, Richard (Richard Paul)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism.

Cultural pluralism.

Compromise (Ethics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Liberalism and Pluralism the author explores the challenges conflicting values, interests and identities pose to liberal democracy. Richard Bellamy illustrates his criticism and proposals by reference to such topical issues as the citizens charter, constitutional reform, the Rushdie affair and the development of the European Union.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction: the challenge of pluralism; 1 Trading values: Hayek and the dethronement of of politics by markets; 2 Trimming values: Rawls and the constitutional avoidance of politics; 3 Segregating values: Walzer and the communitarian containment of politics; 4 Negotiating values: from consensus to compromise; 5 A negotiating democracy: the political constitution pf a pluralist polity; 6 Trading democracy for markets: the Citizen's Charter and the contracting state; 7 Trimming democracy: the Human Rights Act

8 De-segregating democracy: whose Europe, which community Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-238) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-64375-6

1-134-64376-4

0-203-00732-8

1-280-33509-2

0-203-17095-4

9780203007327

OCLC:

56945589