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Matteo Bonotti - Partisanship and Political Liberalism in Diverse Societies - 9780198739500 - V9780198739500
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Partisanship and Political Liberalism in Diverse Societies

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Description for Partisanship and Political Liberalism in Diverse Societies hardcover. This book examines the role of political parties in liberal democracies and their function, within the context of one of the most influential contemporary political theories, John Rawls's political liberalism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Since its publication in 1993, John Rawls's Political Liberalism has been central to debates concerning political legitimacy, democratic theory, toleration, and multiculturalism in contemporary political theory. Yet, despite the immense body of literature which has been produced since Rawls's work was published, very little has been said or written regarding the place of political parties and partisanship within political liberalism. This book aims to fill this gap in the literature. Its central argument is that political liberalism needs and nourishes political parties, and that political parties are therefore not hostile but vital to it. First, partisanship generates its own ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
OUP Oxford United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198739500
SKU
V9780198739500
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About Matteo Bonotti
Matteo Bonotti is a Lecturer in Political Theory at Cardiff University. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in such journals as the American Political Science Review, the European Journal of Political Theory, Philosophy & Social Criticism, the Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, the Journal of Social Philosophy, Ethnicities, and ... Read more

Reviews for Partisanship and Political Liberalism in Diverse Societies
Bonotti's insightful, well-argued text deserves praise and attention. The hope for the legacy of this work is that more political liberals follow suit in applying Political Liberalism to the modern world. Bonotti proves in this work how this has the potential to generate novel analyses of Rawls's ideas.
Thomas Godfrey, Res Publica
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