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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1. Verfasser: Pettit, Philip, 1945-
Körperschaft: ebrary, Inc
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Schriftenreihe:John Robert Seeley lectures.
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Zusammenfassung:"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"--
Beschreibung:xii, 338 p.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.