On the people's terms
Pettit, Philip, 1945-
On the people's terms a republican theory and model of democracy / [electronic resource] : Philip Pettit. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - xii, 338 p. - The Seeley lectures . - John Robert Seeley lectures. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the republic, old and new; 1. Freedom as non-domination; 2. Social justice; 3. Political legitimacy; 4. Democratic influence; 5. Democratic control; Conclusion: the argument, in summary.
"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"--
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Republicanism.
Political science--Philosophy.
Democracy.
State, The.
Electronic books.
JC423 / .P432 2012
321.8/6
On the people's terms a republican theory and model of democracy / [electronic resource] : Philip Pettit. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - xii, 338 p. - The Seeley lectures . - John Robert Seeley lectures. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the republic, old and new; 1. Freedom as non-domination; 2. Social justice; 3. Political legitimacy; 4. Democratic influence; 5. Democratic control; Conclusion: the argument, in summary.
"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"--
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Republicanism.
Political science--Philosophy.
Democracy.
State, The.
Electronic books.
JC423 / .P432 2012
321.8/6