Knight / Johnson The Priority of Democracy

Political Consequences of Pragmatism
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4033-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 348 Seiten

Jack Knight is professor of political science and law at Duke University and the author of Institutions and Social Conflict. James Johnson is associate professor of political science at the University of Rochester and former editor of Perspectives on Politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Knight, Jack

Johnson, James

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Pragmatismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

Part One

Chapter 1: Preliminaries 1

Chapter 2: Pragmatism and the Problem of Institutional Design 25

Chapter 3: The Appeal of Decentralization 51

Part Two

Chapter 4: The Priority of Democracy and the Burden of Justification 93

Chapter 5: Reconsidering the Role of Political Argument in Democratic Politics 128

Chapter 6: Refining Reflexivity 167

Part Three

Chapter 7: Formal Conditions: Institutionalizing Liberal Guarantees 193

Chapter 8: Substantive Conditions: Pragmatism and Effectiveness 222

Chapter 9: Conclusion 256

References 287

Index 307

Über Autor(innen)

Jack Knight is professor of political science and law at Duke University and the author of Institutions and Social Conflict. James Johnson is associate professor of political science at the University of Rochester and former editor of Perspectives on Politics.