William Smith

Civil Disobedience and Deliberative Democracy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Civil disobedience is a public, nonviolent, conscientious yet political act, contrary to law, carried out to communicate opposition to law and policy of government. This book presents a theory of civil disobedience that draws on ideas associated with deliberative democracy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780415827010
• ISBN-10: 0415827019
• Artikelnr.: 36695160

Autorenporträt

William Smith is assistant professor in the Department of Government and Public Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A Deliberative Theory of Civil Disobedience 1. Justice,
Democracy & Deliberation 2. Civil Disobedience against Injustice 3. Civil
Disobedience against Deliberative Inertia 4. Civil Disobedience as a Moral
Right 5. Civil Disobedience and the State Conclusion: Civil Disobedience as
a Democratic Practice