Democracy’s Discontent : : A New Edition for Our Perilous Times / / Michael J. Sandel.

A renowned political philosopher updates his classic book on the American political tradition to address the perils democracy confronts today.The 1990s were a heady time. The Cold War had ended, and America’s version of liberal capitalism seemed triumphant. And yet, amid the peace and prosperity, an...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (384 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the New Edition
  • Preface to the Original Edition
  • Introduction to the New Edition: Democracy’s Peril
  • 1 The Political Economy of Citizenship
  • 2 Economics and Virtue in the Early Republic
  • 3 Free Labor versus Wage Labor
  • 4 Community, Self-Government, and Progressive Reform
  • 5 Liberalism and the Keynesian Revolution
  • 6 The Triumph and Travail of the Procedural Republic
  • Conclusion: In Search of a Public Philosophy
  • Epilogue: What Went Wrong: Capitalism and Democracy since the 1990s
  • Notes
  • Index