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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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Series: | John Robert Seeley lectures.
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a On the people's terms |h [electronic resource] : |b a republican theory and model of democracy / |c Philip Pettit. |
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| 300 | |a xii, 338 p. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a The Seeley lectures | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. | ||
| 505 | 8 | |a Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the republic, old and new; 1. Freedom as non-domination; 2. Social justice; 3. Political legitimacy; 4. Democratic influence; 5. Democratic control; Conclusion: the argument, in summary. | |
| 520 | |a "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"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
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