Majorities and minorities /

"In this thirty-second annual volume in the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy's NOMOS series, entitled Majorities and Minorities, thirteen distinguished contributors consider a diverse selection of topics. Included are essays on legitimacy of the majority, the utilitarian...

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Otros Autores: Chapman, John W. (John William), 1923-2008 (ed.), Wertheimer, Alan (ed.)
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 1990.
Colección:Nomos ; 32.
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  • The demise of the confessional state and the rise of the idea of a legitmate minority / Joseph Charles Heim
  • Majorities and minorities: a classical utilitarian view / Frederick Rosen
  • Rights and majorities: Rousseau revisited / Jeremy Waldron
  • Three fallacies concerning majorities, minorities, and democratic politics / Ian Shapiro
  • Democratic theory and the democratic agent / Diana T. Meyers
  • Political equality / Thomas Christiano
  • Public choice versus democracy / Russell Hardin
  • Pluralism and equality: the status of minority values in a democracy / Robert L. Simon
  • Difference and domination: reflections on the relation between pluralism and equality / Joseph H. Carens
  • Electoral power, group power, and democracy / Andrew Levine
  • American democracy and majority rule / Johathan Riley
  • "Yes, but ... ": principles and caveats in American racial attitudes / Jennifer L. Hochschild and Monica Herk.