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Politics against Domination
Ian Shapiro
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Description for Politics against Domination
Hardback. Ian Shapiro makes a compelling case that the purpose of politics should be to combat domination, and he shows what this means in practice at home and abroad. This is a major work of applied political theory, a profound challenge to utopian visions, and a guide to fundamental problems of justice and distribution. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Ian Shapiro makes a compelling case that the purpose of politics should be to combat domination, and he shows what this means in practice at home and abroad. This is a major work of applied political theory, a profound challenge to utopian visions, and a guide to fundamental problems of justice and distribution. Shapiro builds his case from the ground up, but he also spells out its implications for pressing debates about electoral systems, independent courts, money in politics, minimum wages, and the vulnerabilities of minorities. He takes up debates over international institutions and world government, intervention to prevent ... Read more
Ian Shapiro makes a compelling case that the purpose of politics should be to combat domination, and he shows what this means in practice at home and abroad. This is a major work of applied political theory, a profound challenge to utopian visions, and a guide to fundamental problems of justice and distribution. Shapiro builds his case from the ground up, but he also spells out its implications for pressing debates about electoral systems, independent courts, money in politics, minimum wages, and the vulnerabilities of minorities. He takes up debates over international institutions and world government, intervention to prevent ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
563g
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674743847
SKU
V9780674743847
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About Ian Shapiro
Ian Shapiro is Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale, where he directs the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies.
Reviews for Politics against Domination
Ian Shapiro has written an exceptional book that brings together political philosophy, empirical political science, political economy, history, occasional natural science, and much else.
Jeffrey Green, University of Pennsylvania As Ian Shapiro says, a polity cannot pursue liberty, equality, or justice until it overcomes domination
and this book provides the best way to think about that crucial step that I know of. ... Read more
Jeffrey Green, University of Pennsylvania As Ian Shapiro says, a polity cannot pursue liberty, equality, or justice until it overcomes domination
and this book provides the best way to think about that crucial step that I know of. ... Read more