Political pluralism, disagreement and justice : the case for polycentric democracy / Julian F. Müller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Müller, Julian F., 1983- author.

Contributor:

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Series:

Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 258.

Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 258

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Philosophy.

Democracy.

Cultural pluralism--Political aspects.

Cultural pluralism.

Economics--Political aspects.

Economics.

Physical Description:

x, 221 : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"This book poses the question, how can we organize the society in such a way that our disagreement about facts and norms works to the benefit of everyone? In response, it makes the argument for polycentric democracy, a political arrangement consisting of various political units that enjoy different degrees of independence. It is argued that to progress towards justice, we first need to change our attitude towards reasonable disagreement. Theorists have always viewed reasonable disagreement as nuisance, if not as a threat. However, this work puts forward that the diversity of perspectives which underlie reasonable disagreement, should be viewed as a resource to be harvested rather than a threat to be tamed. Resting on two key arguments, the author proposes the idea of polycentric democracy as the most capable method of making pluralism productive. The book explores what such a political order might look like and concludes that only an institutional system which is capable of profiting from diversity, such as polycentric democracy, might reasonably be expected to generate an overlapping consensus. Continuing in the tradition of Karl Popper and Friedrich A. Hayek, this book lies at the intersection of philosophy, political economy and political theory. It will be of great interest to academics and scholars working in philosophy, politics and economics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The model: debating friends

Rawls: property owning democracy

Gutmann & Thompson: deliberative democracy

Buchanan: the neoliberal state

Escaping modus vivendi: summary

Diversity: nuisance or asset?

Deliberation and the gains of diversity

Polycentric paradigm

A polycentric political order

The argument for polycentric democracy

Concluding remarks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781138228962

1138228966

OCLC:

1104189957