Reconstructing Political Pluralism

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

Del i serien SUNY series in Political Theory: Contemporary Issues

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Beskrivning

A reappraisal of the pluralist tradition that explores the accounts offered by James, Dewey, Figgis, Cole, Laski, Follett, and Dahl and extracts from them the resources with which to reconstruct a democratic theory of political pluralism.This reappraisal of the pluralist tradition systematically explores accounts of political pluralism offered by James, Dewey, Figgis, Cole, Laski, Follett, and Dahl and shows how each variant contains a distinct account of the relation between group power, individual interest, and self-development. These historical accounts provide the resources with which Eisenberg reconstructs a democratic theory of political pluralism. At the center of political pluralism, she argues, is a pluralist approach to self-development that can address the key ambiguities of identity politics and provide a more effective means to balance the power relations between individuals and communities than can individualist or communitarian approaches.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1995-08-17
Mått:151 x 230 x 13 mm
Vikt:308 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series in Political Theory: Contemporary Issues
Antal sidor:211
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791425626

Utforska kategorier

Statsvetenskap och politisk teori inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Avigail I. Eisenberg is Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Recensioner i media

"Focusing attention on pluralism, its history, and its possible contribution to recent issues in political theory, this book displays an emphasis that has not been prevalent in recent scholarship. This is a nonstandard and refreshing approach to pluralist theory written from an external but sympathetic perspective." — Carol C. Gould, Stevens Institute of Technology"This book connects the contemporary concerns of the liberalism-communitarianism debate to an older political science literature that is rarely mentioned, or perhaps even read, by contemporary theorists. Eisenberg succeeds in showing that this earlier literature is both relevant and illuminating. The connections she makes between group pluralism and individual self-development are an important contribution." — Joseph H. Carens, University of Toronto

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments I. Reconstructing Political Pluralism II. John Dewey and the Roots of Political Pluralism III. Pluralism to Limit State Sovereignty IV. Individualists, Group Theorists, and Behavioralists V. The Common Good in Postwar Pluralism VI. Personal Development and the Requirements of Community Bibliography Index