Justice and Democracy: Essays for Brian Barry

by Keith Dowding (Editor)

While much has been written about social justice, even more has been written about democracy. Rarely is the relationship between social justice and democracy carefully considered. Does justice require democracy? Will democracy bring justice? This volume brings together leading authors who consider the relationship of democracy and justice. The intrinsic justness of democracy is challenged and the relationship between justice, democracy and the common good examined.

246 pages, Paperback

First published August 19, 2004

About the author

Keith Martin Dowding (born 6 May 1960), is Professor of Political Science in Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia arriving from the London School of Economics, UK in 2007. He has published widely in the fields of public choice, public administration, public policy, British politics, comparative politics, urban political economy, positive political theory and normative political philosophy. His work is informed by social and rational choice theories. He edited the Journal of Theoretical Politics (Sage) from 1996 to 2012.

Reviews

[Leonardo]

Leí el capítulo 9, "The common good" de P. Pettit para preparar la defensa de la tesis.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full disclosure: I've read about 2/3 of the essays in this book. It gets four stars on the strength of those essays; if the others are really good it might be a 5, if they're bad it might be a 3.