Democratic Community : Nomos XXXV / edited by John W. Chapman and Ian Shapiro.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shapiro, Ian.

Chapman, John W. (John William), 1923-

Series:

Nomos ; 35.

Nomos ; 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism.

Communities.

Democracy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (468 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [1993]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A state-of-the-art meditation on relations, theoretical and practical, among a familiar triad of themes: comunitarianism, liberalism, and democracy. -- American Political Science Review. A collection of distinguished contributors, from a wide range of disciplines, examine the implications of the resurgence of interest in community. The chapters in Democratic Community consider the fundamental issues that divide liberals and communitarians, as well as the structure of communities, the roles of freedom and democratic institutions in sustaining one another, the place of a democratic civil society

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; PART I LIBERALISM AND COMMUNITARIANISM; 1 INDIVIDUAL, GROUP, AND DEMOCRACY; 2 IDEAL COMMUNITIES AND THE PROBLEM OF MORAL IDENTITY; 3 SHARED UNDERSTANDING AND THE DEMOCRATIC WAY OF LIFE; PART II LIBERTY, AUTONOMY, AND DEMOCRATIC COMMUNITY; 4 THE LIBERAL COMMUNITY; 5 COMMUNITIES AND THE LIBERAL COMMUNITY: SOME COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS; 6 THE DISHARMONY OF DEMOCRACY; PART III DEMOCRATIC COMMUNITY AND THE CONSTITUTION; 7 BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND COMMUNITY: THE LEGAL CONSTITUTION OF SOCIAL FORM

8 LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC COMMUNITY9 THE REAL WORLD OF DEMOCRATIC COMMUNITY; PART IV SOME EMPIRICAL CONSIDERATIONS; 10 WHY ALL DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES HAVE MIXED ECONOMIES; 11 LEARNING PLURALISM: DEMOCRACY AND DIVERSITY IN FEMINIST ORGANIZATIONS; 12 CAN AN ISLAMIC GROUP AID DEMOCRATIZATION?; PART V FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES; 13 FEMINISM AND DEMOCRATIC COMMUNITY; 14 FEMINISM AND DEMOCRATIC COMMUNITY REVISITED; 15 POLITICAL THEORY AND THE AIMS OF FEMINISM; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780814772140

0814772145

9780814723630

0814723632

OCLC:

784884448