Justice and democracy

Justice and democracy: cross-cultural perspectives

by Bontekoe, Ronald Stepan︠ia︡n︠t︡s, M. T., (Mariėtta Tigranovna)

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Today democracy is increasingly recognized around the world as the only form of government with moral legitimacy. The problems of establishing and preserving truly democratic institutions, however, vary dramatically from culture to culture. Justice and Democracy explores these problems from a wide range of perspectives, theoretical and practical. It addresses problems relating to the distortion of democratic decision-making by the gross disparities in wealth that arise in capitalist economies, …

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  • Full title :Justice and democracy : cross-cultural perspectives / edited by Ron Bontekoe, Marietta Stepaniants.

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Today democracy is increasingly recognized around the world as the only form of government with moral legitimacy. The problems of establishing and preserving truly democratic institutions, however, vary dramatically from culture to culture. Justice and Democracy explores these problems from a wide range of perspectives, theoretical and practical. It addresses problems relating to the distortion of democratic decision-making by the gross disparities in wealth that arise in capitalist economies, and, in particular, focuses on the problems relating to the reconciliation of democratic values with the indigenous religious and social values of a culture.

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  • Publication Date:©1997.

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Notes

Selected papers delivered at the Seventh East-West Philosophers' Conference in Honolulu.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (ix, 477 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:058529237X, 9780585292373, 9780824863197, 0824863194
  • oclc:ocm45733208
  • LC Classification:JC423
  • Dewey Decimal:321.8

Table of Contents

1. Theoretical Approaches. Justice as a Larger Loyalty / Richard Rorty. Law as Politicians' Morality / Erikh Solovyov. Justice and Solidarity: The Case of Recognition / Maria Pia Lara. Equality and Difference in Democratic Theory / Kenneth Baynes. Grounding a Theory of Rights in Fallibilist Epistemology / Ron Bontekoe -- 2. Contemporary Problems of Application. On Relating Justice and Democracy: A Strategy and a Hypothesis / Frank Cunningham. Deliberation, Democracy, Disagreement / Cass R. Sunstein. Democracy as Culture / J.E. Tiles. Hierarchic Democracy and the Necessity of Mass Civil Disobedience / Ted Honderich. Post-Communism, Democracy, Nationality, and Capitalist Economy / Svetozar Stojanovic -- 3. Asian Perspectives. Confucianism, Modernity, and Asian Democracy / Ambrose Y.C. King. Can We Do Justice to All Theories of Justice? Toward Integrating Classical and Modern Paradigms of Justice / Chung-Ying Cheng.

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Subjects

Conference papers and proceedings Culturele aspecten democracy Democracy -- Congresses Démocratie Démocratie -- Congrès Demokratie Gerechtigheid Gerechtigkeit Internationaler Vergleich Justice sociale -- Congrès Konfuzianismus Kongress Liberté -- Congrès Liberty Liberty -- Congresses POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologi… Politische Theorie rechtsvergelijking Social justice

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Bontekoe, Ronald Stepan︠ia︡n︠t︡s, M. T., (Mariėtta Tigranovn…

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