Liberal Democracy a Critique of Its Theory / Andrew Levine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levine, Andrew, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1981]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Presents a critical analysis of liberal democracy's core theory, starting from an idealized reconstruction and working back to its presuppositions, examines the conceptual difficulties in the way of combining liberalism and democracy into a coherent political philosophy, and explores some conceptual aspects of the historical link between liberal democracy and capitalism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

Part One. The Core Theory and Its Foundations

Part Two. The Joining of Liberalism and Democracy

Part Three. Liberal Democracy as Politics

Conclusion

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88559-8

OCLC:

1100437002