On the People's Terms: A Republican Theory and Model of Democracy (The Seeley Lectures)

On the People's Terms: A Republican Theory and Model of Democracy (The Seeley Lectures)
Philip Pettit (Author)

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According to republican theory, we are free persons to the extent that we are protected and secured in the same fundamental choices, on the same public basis, as one another. But there is no public protection or security without a coercive state. Does this mean that any freedom we enjoy is a superficial good that presupposes a deeper, political form of subjection? Philip Pettit addresses this crucial question in On the People's Terms. He argues that state coercion will not involve individual subjection or domination insofar as we enjoy an equally shared form of control over those in power. This claim may seem utopian but it is supported by a realistic model of the institutions that might establish such democratic control. Beginning with a fresh articulation of republican ideas, Pettit develops a highly original account of the rationale of democracy, breathing new life into democratic theory.

• Rank: #38340 in Books
• Published on: 2013-01-28
• Original language: English
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• Binding: Paperback
• 347 pages

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author philip pettit format paperback language english publication year 06 12 2012 series the seeley lectures subject politics government subject 2 politics general reference title on the people s terms a republican theory and model of democracy author pettit philip publisher cambridge univ pr publication date dec 06 2012 pages 256 binding paperback edition 1 st dimensions 0 71 wx 8 82 hx 5 98 d isbn 0521182123 subject political science history theory brand new paperback all orders get full ac

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author philip pettit format hardback language english publication year 06 12 2012 series the seeley lectures subject politics government subject 2 politics general reference author biography philip pettit is ls rockefeller university professor of politics and human values at princeton university and also distinguished professor of philosophy at the australian national university his books include the common mind republicanism rules reasons and norms and made with words hobbbes on language mind

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