a republican theory and model of democracy
Edición de la obra On the people's terms
| Autor | Philip Pettit |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Cambridge University Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 2012 |
| Lugar | Cambridge, New York |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 347 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781107005112 |
| OCLC | 796354888 |
| LCCN | 2012020514 |
| Serie | The Seeley lectures |
| Número de Cutter | P511o |
"According to republican political theory, choosing freely requires being able to make the choice without subjection to another and freedom as a person requires being publicly protected against subjection in the exercise of basic liberties. But there is no public protection without a coercive state. And doesn't state coercion necessarily take from the freedom of the coerced? Philip Pettit addresses this question from a civic republican perspective, arguing that state interference does not involve subjection or domination if there is equally shared, popular control over government"--