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Overdoing democracy : why we must put politics in its place / Robert B. Talisse.
Oxford Scholarship Online: Political Science Available online
Oxford Scholarship Online: Political Science- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Talisse, Robert B., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--Philosophy.
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "'The cure for democracy's ills is more democracy.' This popular adage is false. Contemporary democracy faces problems that derive from the tendency among citizens to overdo democracy. In this book, Robert Talisse argues that even in a democracy, politics must be put in its place"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Can democracy be overdone?
- Democracy's expanding reach
- The political saturation of social space
- The problem of polarization
- Civic friendship
- The place of politics.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-092422-5
- 0-19-092420-9
- 0-19-092421-7
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