American democracy : selected essays on theory, practice, and critique / Philip Green.
"These essays spanning a period of four decades all belong to the political science subfield of "democratic theory." Though published independently, mostly in professional journals, they make a connected argument against minimalist versions of "democracy." The first group of...
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Table of Contents:
- PART I: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: THEORY, PRACTICE AND CRITIQUE
- 1. Introduction: I Have a Philosophy, You Have an Ideology
- 2. Science, Government, and the Case of Rand: A Singular Pluralism
- 3. In Defense of the State
- 4. Equality Since Rawls: Objective Philosophers, Subjective Citizens, and Rational Choice
- 5. A Few Kind Words for Liberalism
- PART II: 'REALLY EXISTING DEMOCRACY'
- 6. Rethinking Democratic Theory: the American Case (with Drucilla Cornell)
- 7. Immigration: Myths and Principles
- 8. On-Screen Barbarism: Violence in U.S. Visual Culture
- 9. Farewell to Democracy?
- PART III: 'IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA'
- 10. Prologomena to a Democratic Theory of the Division of Labor
- 11. Postscript: Democracy a s a Contested Idea.