Democracy and the Quest for Justice

Russian and American Perspectives

AvWilliam C. Gay

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

Del 148 i serien Contemporary Russian Philosophy

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Beskrivning

This book examines the changes and challenges to democracy particularly in contemporary Russia. In the first section, Russian and American philosophers scrutinize the virtues and vices facing a country changing to a democratic government. The book, secondly, explores the challenges facing a democratic Russia. Lastly, the book considers carefully issues of social justice arising from the relationship between democracy and the current economic climate of globalization.The series Contemporary Russian Philosophy explores a variety of perspectives in and on philosophy as it is currently being practiced in Russia. Co-sponsored by the Center for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and by the Russian Philosophical Society, this special series features collaborative works between Russians and Americans, collections of essays by Russians, and monographs by Russians. All volumes are published in English.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-01-01
Mått:150 x 220 x 11 mm
Vikt:325 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Contemporary Russian Philosophy
Antal sidor:154
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789042010994

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Politik och statsskick inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

TATIANA ALEKSEEVA is Head of the Department of Political Theory at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), which operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Formerly the Head of the Department of Political Philosophy at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Philosophy in Moscow, she writes on contractarian political philosophy and international relations.WILLIAM GAY is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He specializes in war and peace studies (in which he has published extensively), social and political philosophy (particularly Russia), and continental philosophy. He is an Associate Editor of VIBS and the Editor of its Special Series on Contemporary Russian Philosophy.

Innehållsförteckning

William GAY: Editorial ForewordJack PERRY: PrefaceReginald RAYMER: Introduction Current Trends in Russian and American Political TheoryPART ONE DEMOCRACY: VALUES and VICES ONE Tatiana ALEKSEEVA: Living in the World of a “Unipolar System”: Alternatives and TrendsTWO Robert MUNDT: Corruption and DemocracyTHREE Abdusalam GUSEINOV: Ethics and Democracy: On the Danger ofMoral DemagogueryFOUR Alan WOOLFOLK: Democracy, Patriotism, and Virtue: Notes Toward a Cultural Theory of Nations andNationalismPART TWO CHALLENGES TO DEMOCRACY IN RUSSIA FIVE Vyacheslav STIOPIN: Democratic Reforms in Russia: The Specific Social TransformationSIX Nicholas CASTE: Democracy, Information, and the Russian ExperimentSEVEN Konstantin ZUEV: Reflections on Some Problems in Russia’s TransformationPART THREE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMICS EIGHT Laura DUHAN KAPLAN and Charles KAPLAN: The American Dream: Democracy orMeritocracy?NINE Ruben APRESSYAN: Civil Society and Civil ParticipationTEN William GAY: Economic Democracy: The FinalFrontierBibliography About the Authors Index