Ringen What Democracy Is For

On Freedom and Moral Government
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3167-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Ringen, Stein

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER 1: How Good Are the Good Democracies? 13

CHAPTER 2: Is Economic Democracy Available? 48

CHAPTER 3: What Should Welfare States Do? 72

CHAPTER 4: Can We Eradicate Poverty? 111

CHAPTER 5: What Do Families Do? 149

CHAPTER 6: Where Does Freedom Come From? 184

CONCLUSIONS 217

APPENDIX A: The Truth About Class Inequality 239

APPENDIX B: How Good Is the Kindest Democracy? 256

APPENDIX C: What Does a Good Press Look Like? 269

APPENDIX D: The Flat-Tax Issue 277

APPENDIX E: The Basic-Minimum-Income Issue 279

APPENDIX F: The Index Problem 283

APPENDIX G: Social Anchorage 288

References 297

Index 315

Über Autor(innen)

Stein Ringen is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Oxford. His books include Citizens, Families, and Reform and The Possibility of Politics.