On the people's terms a republican theory and model of democracy
"According to republican political theory, choosing freely requires being able to make the choice without subjection to another and freedom as a person requires being publicly protected against subjection in the exercise of basic liberties. But there is no public protection without a coercive s...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2012
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| Colección: | The Seeley lectures
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b2530186x*spi |
| Sumario: | "According to republican political theory, choosing freely requires being able to make the choice without subjection to another and freedom as a person requires being publicly protected against subjection in the exercise of basic liberties. But there is no public protection without a coercive state. And doesn't state coercion necessarily take from the freedom of the coerced? Philip Pettit addresses this question from a civic republican perspective, arguing that state interference does not involve subjection or domination if there is equally shared, popular control over government" |
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| Descripción Física: | xii, 338 p. ; 24 cm |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 311-328). Índices |
| ISBN: | 9781107005112 9780521182126 |
