The priority of democracy

Knight, Jack, 1952-

The priority of democracy political consequences of pragmatism / [electronic resource] : Jack Knight and James Johnson. - Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, c2011. - xv, 324 p. - A Princeton University Press e-book .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminaries -- Pragmatism and the problem of institutional design -- The appeal of decentralization -- The priority of democracy and the burden of justification -- Reconsidering the role of political argument in democratic politics -- Refining reflexivity -- Formal conditions : institutionalizing liberal guarantees -- Substantive conditions : pragmatism and effectiveness.


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Palo Alto, Calif. :
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2011.
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Democracy--Philosophy.


Electronic books.

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