Political theory and partisan politics /

Political theorists typically define political action in terms of rational potential rather than conflict, and for this reason neglect the partisan nature of political experience. This volume redresses this neglect, focusing on the interrelated questions of whether the task of political theory is to...

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Other Authors / Creators:Portis, Edward Bryan.
Gundersen, Adolf G., 1958-
Shively, Ruth Lessl.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Language notes:English.
Imprint: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2000.
Series:SUNY series in political theory. Contemporary issues.
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Table of Contents:
  • POLITICAL THEORY AND PARTISAN POLITICS
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I: Political Theory and the Constitutional Foundations of Partisan Politics
  • 1. Political Theorists on the Legitimacy of Partisan Politics
  • 2. Political Theory and Constitutional Construction
  • 3. Constitutional Doctrine and Political Theory
  • PART II: Theoretical Deliberation and Partisan Politics
  • 4. Rationality in Liberal Politics
  • 5. Deliberative Democracy and the Limits of Partisan Politics: Between Athens and Philadelphia.
  • 6. Working in Half-Truth: Some Premodern Reflections on Discourse Ethics in Politics
  • PART III: Political Theory as Politics
  • 7. Secularism, Partisanship and the Ambiguity of Justice
  • 8. Political Theory and the Postmodern Politics of Ambiguity
  • 9. Political Theory as Metapractice
  • EPILOGUE
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • W
  • X.