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 state....

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Hoofdauteur: Pettit, Philip, 1945-
Coauteur: ebrary, Inc
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Reeks:John Robert Seeley lectures.
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Online toegang:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Samenvatting:"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"--
Fysieke beschrijving:xii, 338 p.
Bibliografie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.