Jeff Jackson (University of Chicago)

Equality Beyond Debate

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is for students of politics who want to understand what democracy should mean in a structurally unequal society. Much current discussion of democracy focuses on encouraging individuals to debate more civilly and respectfully, but this book shows why combating social inequality should be seen as definitive of democracy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9781108428576
• ISBN-10: 1108428576
• Artikelnr.: 52962511

Autorenporträt

Jeff Jackson has been married to Helen for 43 years. They have three grown and married children and seven grandchildren. He works full-time for Shepherd's Staff Mission Facilitators, an organization he founded and whose members are serving in more than 60 countries. Jeff accepts invitations on a regular basis to write and speak about the lessons he's learned from the inventory his unique life experiences have stocked him with.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The democratic individual
2. The Hegelian development of Deweyan democracy
3. The pursuit of democratic political institutions
4. From deliberative to participatory democracy
5. Agonism, communitarianism, and cosmopolitanism
6. Educating democratic individuals
Conclusion.