The Future Of Democratic Equality: Rebuilding Social Solidarity in a Fragmented America

ISBN-13: 9780415944656 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 226 str.

Joseph Schwartz;Schwartz Joseph

Opis

Joseph Schwartz attempts to imagine a progressive global politics. What would it look like, and how could we get there?

Spis treści

1. Introduction – Bringing "Difference" and "Identity" Back into the Study of Democratic Equality  2. From Domestic to Global Solidarity  3. Post-Structuralist Political Theory: Living in an Unreal World -- Where’s You? Me? Agency?  4. Can a "Politics of Difference" (or "Identity Politics") Ground a Radical Democratic Conception of Justice?  5. The Rise of Global "Casino Capitalism": Short-Term Financial Profit vs. Long-Term Equitable Growth  6. Does Globalization Necessitate the Demise of Democratic Egalitarian Politics?  7. Racism, Racial Politics, and Undemocratic "Difference": The Challenge for the Politics of Social Solidarity  8. Conclusion – Ending the False Antinomy of "Difference" and "Equality": Towards a Democratic Egalitarian Pluralist Politics

O autorze

Joseph M. Schwartz is professor of political science at Temple University. He is the author of The Permanence of the Political, winner of the North American Society for Social Philosophy’s best book award.