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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2012
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| Series: | The Seeley lectures
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| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991003186779708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
| Summary: | "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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| Physical Description: | xii, 338 p. ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 311-328). Índices |
| ISBN: | 9781107005112 9780521182126 |
