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1Deliberative Democracy in Practice (edited book)UBC Press. 2010.Deliberative democracy is a dominant paradigm in normative political philosophy. Deliberative democrats want politics to be more than a clash of contending interests, and they believe political decisions should emerge from reasoned dialogue among citizens. But can these ideals be realized in complex and unjust societies? Deliberative Democracy in Practice brings together leading scholars who explore debates in deliberative democratic theory in four areas of practice: education, constitutions and…Read more
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Deterritorializing democratic legitimacyIn Archon Fung & Sean W. D. Gray (eds.), Empowering affected interests: democratic inclusion in a globalized world, Cambridge University Press. 2024.
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Deparochializing democratic theoryIn Deparochializing Political Theory, Cambridge University Press. 2020.
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Introduction: The practice of deparochializing political theoryIn Deparochializing Political Theory, Cambridge University Press. 2020.
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27History of American Political ThoughtLexington Books. 2003.This book is a collection of secondary essays on America's most important philosophic thinkers—statesmen, judges, writers, educators, and activists—from the colonial period to the present. Each essay is a comprehensive introduction to the thought of a noted American on the fundamental meaning of the American regime
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9The Adventures of the Constituent Power. Andrew Arato, Cambridge University Press, 2018Constellations 26 (1): 163-165. 2019.
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37Représentation de groupe et démocratie délibérative : une alliance malaiséePhilosophiques 29 (2): 215-249. 2002.Cet article examine la place du concept d’impartialité dans les théories délibératives de la démocratie. C’est à partir de certaines critiques féministes que sont discutés deux défis lancés à la théorie délibérative et qui sont étroitement liés : le premier porte essentiellement sur le critère du raisonnable et l’idée d’offre de raisons ; le second concerne les circonstances sociales et politiques contingentes dans lesquelles les perspectives des groupes marginalisés peuvent influencer le jugeme…Read more
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50A Democratic Case for Comparative Political TheoryPolitical Theory 42 (1): 26-57. 2014.Globalization generates new structures of human interdependence and vulnerability while also posing challenges for models of democracy rooted in territorially bounded states. The diverse phenomena of globalization have stimulated two relatively new branches of political theory: theoretical accounts of the possibilities of democracy beyond the state; and comparative political theory, which aims at bringing non-Western political thought into conversation with the Western traditions that remain dom…Read more
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21Humanitarian Intervention: Nomos Xlvii (edited book)New York University Press. 2005.Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo. All are examples where humanitarian intervention has been called into action. This timely and important new volume explores the legal and moral issues which emerge when a state uses military force in order to protect innocent people from violence perpetrated or permitted by the government of that state. Humanitarian intervention can be seen as a moral duty to protect but it is also subject to misuse as a front for imperialism without regard to international la…Read more
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31Deparochializing Political Theory (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2020.In a world no longer centered on the West, what should political theory become? Although Western intellectual traditions continue to dominate academic journals and course syllabi in political theory, up-and-coming contributions of 'comparative political theory' are rapidly transforming the field. Deparochializing Political Theory creates a space for conversation amongst leading scholars who differ widely in their approaches to political theory. These scholars converge on the belief that we bear …Read more
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184Citizenship as Identity, Citizenship as Shared Fate, and the Functions of Multiculatural EducationIn Kevin McDonough & Walter Feinberg (eds.), Citizenship and Education in Liberal-Democratic Societies: Teaching for Cosmopolitan Values and Collective Identities, Oxford University Press. 2003.This is the second of the four essays in Part II of the book on liberalism and traditionalist education; all four are by authors who would like to find ways for the liberal state to honour the self-definitions of traditional cultures and to find ways of avoiding a confrontation with differences. Melissa Williams examines citizenship as identity in relation to the project of nation-building, the shifting boundaries of citizenship in relation to globalization, citizenship as shared fate, and the r…Read more