On Political Equality

Author : Robert A. Dahl
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300133745

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On Political Equality by Robert A. Dahl Pdf

In this book, the eminent psychoanalyst Leonard Shengold looks at why some people are resistant to change, even when it seems to promise a change for the better. Drawing on a lifetime of clinical experience as well as wide readings of world literature, Shengold shows how early childhood relationships with parents can lead to a powerful conviction that change means loss. Dr. Shengold, who is well known for his work on the lasting affects of childhood trauma and child abuse in such seminal books as Soul Murder and Soul Murder Revisited, continues his exploration into the consequences of early psychological injury and loss. In the examples of his patients and in the lives and work of such figures as Edna St. Vincent Millay, William Wordsworth, and Henrik Ibsen, Shengold looks at the different ways in which unconscious impressions connected with early experiences and fantasies about parents are integrated into individual lives. He shows the difficulties he encounters with his patients in raising these memories to the conscious level where they can be known and owned; and he also shows, in his survey of literary figures, how these memories can become part of the creative process. Haunted by Parents offers a deeply humane reflection on the values and limitations of therapy, on memory and the lingering effects of the past, and on the possibility of recognizing the promise of the future.

Author : Charles R. Beitz
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691221410

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Political Equality by Charles R. Beitz Pdf

The description for this book, Political Equality: An Essay in Democratic Theory, will be forthcoming.

Author : Sidney Verba,Norman H. Nie,Jae-on Kim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1978-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521219051

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Participation and Political Equality by Sidney Verba,Norman H. Nie,Jae-on Kim Pdf

In this survey of political participation in seven nations - Nigeria, Austria, Japan, India, the Netherlands, Yugoslavia and the United States - the authors examine the relationship between social, economic, and educational factors and political participation. The book provides insight into an ongoing debate among political scientists and sociologist: why is political participation in some nations distributed evenly across economic, social, and educational lines, whereas other nations foster participation only by their privileged classes? The book treats politics not only as a dependent variable influenced by socioeconomic factors, but also as an independent variable that affects levels of political participation through variations in party systems and linkages between parties and other organizations.

Author : Tongdong Bai
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691230207

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Against Political Equality by Tongdong Bai Pdf

How a hybrid Confucian-engendered form of governance might solve today’s political problems What might a viable political alternative to liberal democracy look like? In Against Political Equality, Tongdong Bai offers a possibility inspired by Confucian ideas. Bai argues that domestic governance influenced by Confucianism can embrace the liberal aspects of democracy along with the democratic ideas of equal opportunities and governmental accountability to the people. But Confucianism would give more political decision-making power to those with the moral, practical, and intellectual capabilities of caring for the people. While most democratic thinkers still focus on strengthening equality to cure the ills of democracy, the proposed hybrid regime—made up of Confucian-inspired meritocratic characteristics combined with democratic elements and a quasi-liberal system of laws and rights—recognizes that egalitarian qualities sometimes conflict with good governance and the protection of liberties, and defends liberal aspects by restricting democratic ones. Bai applies his views to the international realm by supporting a hierarchical order based on how humane each state is toward its own and other peoples, and on the principle of international interventions whereby humane responsibilities override sovereignty. Exploring the deficiencies posed by many liberal democracies, Against Political Equality presents a novel Confucian-engendered alternative for solving today’s political problems.

Author : Charles R. Beitz
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0691022712

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Political Equality by Charles R. Beitz Pdf

In this revised edition of his 1979 classic Political Theory and International Relations, Charles Beitz rejects two highly influential conceptions of international theory as empirically inaccurate and theoretically misleading. In one, international relations is a Hobbesian state of nature in which moral judgments are entirely inappropriate, and in the other, states are analogous to persons in domestic society in having rights of autonomy that insulate them from external moral assessment and political interference. Beitz postulates that a theory of international politics should include a revised principle of state autonomy based on the justice of a state's domestic institutions, and a principle of international distributive justice to establish a fair division of resources and wealth among persons situated in diverse national societies.

Author : Robert A. Dahl
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0300126875

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On Political Equality by Robert A. Dahl Pdf

Robert A. Dahl, one of the world's most influential and respected political scientists, has spent a lifetime exploring the institutions and practices of democracy in such landmark books as Who Governs?, On Democracy, and How Democratic Is the American Constitution? Here, Dahl looks at the fundamental issue of equality and how and why governments have fallen short of their democratic ideals. At the center of the book is the question of whether the goal of political equality is so far beyond our human limits that it should be abandoned in favor of more attainable ends, or if there are ways to realistically address and reduce inequities. Though complete equality is unattainable, Dahl argues that strides toward that ideal are both desirable and feasible. He shows the remarkable shift in recent centuries toward democracy and political equality the world over. He explores the growth of democratic institutions, the expansion of citizenship, and the various obstacles that stand in the way of gains in political equality. Dahl also looks at the motives, particularly those of emotion and reason, that play such a crucial role in the struggle for equality. In conclusion, Dahl assesses the contemporary political landscape in the United States. He looks at the likelihood of political inequality increasing, and poses one scenario in which Americans grow more unequal in their influence over their government. The counter scenario foresees a cultural shift in which citizens, rejecting what Dahl calls ?competitive consumerism,” invest time and energy in civic action and work to reduce the inequality that now exists among Americans.

Author : James Lindley Wilson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691190914

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Democratic Equality by James Lindley Wilson Pdf

Showing how equality of authority is essential to relating equally as citizens, the author explains why the U.S. Senate and Electoral College are urgently in need of reform, why proportional representation is not a universal requirement of democracy, how to identify racial vote dilution and gerrymandering in electoral districting, how to respond to threats to democracy posed by wealth inequality, and how judicial review could be more compatible with the democratic ideal.

Author : Sidney Verba,Kay Lehman Schlozman,Henry E. Brady
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1995-09-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0674942930

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Voice and Equality by Sidney Verba,Kay Lehman Schlozman,Henry E. Brady Pdf

This book confirms the idea put forth by Tocqueville that American democracy is rooted in civic voluntarism—citizens’ involvement in family, work, school, and religion, as well as in their political participation as voters, campaigners, protesters, or community activists. The authors analyze civic activity with a massive survey of 15,000 people.

Author : John D. Griffin,Brian Newman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226308692

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Minority Report by John D. Griffin,Brian Newman Pdf

Are the views of Latinos and African Americans underrepresented in our federal government? For that matter, what does it mean to be represented equitably? Rather than taking for granted a single answer to these complex questions, John Griffin and Brian Newman use different measures of political equality to reveal which groups get what they want from government and what factors lead to their successes. One of the first books to compare the representation of both African Americans and Latinos to that of whites, Minority Report shows that congressional decisions and federal policy tend to mirror the preferences of whites as a group and as individuals better than the preferences of either minority group, even after accounting for income disparities. This is far from the whole story, though, and the authors’ multifaceted approach illustrates the surprising degree to which group population size, an issue’s level of importance, the race or ethnicity of an office holder, and electoral turnout can affect how well government action reflects the views of each person or group. Sure to be controversial, Minority Report ultimately goes beyond statistical analyses to address the root question of what equal representation really means.

Author : Kevin Olson
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780262151160

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Reflexive Democracy by Kevin Olson Pdf

An argument for justifying the welfare state politically rather than economically, based on an ideal of democratic equality.

Author : Ed Broadbent
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0802083323

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Democratic Equality by Ed Broadbent Pdf

Are the world's oldest democracies failing? In this extraordinary collection, top scholars in political science, sociology, philosophy and economics, discuss a radical shift towards inequality in an age of mass capital globalization.

Author : E. Erman,S. Nasstrom
Publisher : Springer
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137372246

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Political Equality in Transnational Democracy by E. Erman,S. Nasstrom Pdf

This book is about the status of political equality under global political conditions. If political equality generally is considered a core feature of democracy, it has received little attention among theorists concerned with global governance. Given the enormous emphasis on democracy as legitimizing factor in global politics, this neglect is noteworthy. This book sets out to address what accounts for the neglect, on the one hand, and how it may be remedied, on the other. The overall aim is to revitalize the debate on the status of political equality in transnational democracy.

Author : Mary Lou Kendrigan
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1984-03-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UVA:X000789674

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Political Equality in a Democratic Society by Mary Lou Kendrigan Pdf

Author : Stuart Gordon White
Publisher : Polity
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745627731

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Equality by Stuart Gordon White Pdf

'Equality' provides an introduction to the concept of equality & to the debates that surround it. The book considers how the demand for equality arises in different spheres, & is useful to students in philosophy & the social sciences & those interested in the values that animate democratic political life.

Author : Seyla Benhabib
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139491051

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Politics in Dark Times by Seyla Benhabib Pdf

This outstanding collection of essays explores Hannah Arendt's thought against the background of recent world-political events unfolding since September 11, 2001, and engages in a contentious dialogue with one of the greatest political thinkers of the past century, with the conviction that she remains one of our contemporaries. Themes such as moral and political equality, action, judgment and freedom are re-evaluated with fresh insights by a group of thinkers who are themselves well known for their original contributions to political thought. Other essays focus on novel and little-discussed themes in the literature by highlighting Arendt's views of sovereignty, international law and genocide, nuclear weapons and revolutions, imperialism and Eurocentrism, and her contrasting images of Europe and America. Each essay displays not only superb Arendt scholarship but also stylistic flair and analytical tenacity.