Political Order : : Nomos XXXVIII / / ed. by Russell Hardin, Ian Shapiro.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Arneson, Richard J.,; Burnham, Walter Dean,; Burtt, Shelley,; Christiano, Thomas,; Dahl, Robert A.,; Fiorina, Morris P.,; Friedman Ross, Lainie,; Goodin, Robert E.,; Gray, John,; Hardin, Russell,; Kiss, Elizabeth,; Miller, Nicholas R.,; Nedelsky, Jennifer,; Orren, Karen,; Pasquino, Pasquale,; Satz, Debra,; Schmidtz, David,; Schofield, Norman,; Scott, James C.,; Shapiro, Ian,; Skowronek, Stephen,
• HerausgeberIn: Hardin, Russell,; Shapiro, Ian,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1998]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Series: NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy ; 18
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

The collapse of the Soviet empire stands as a dramatic reminder that political institutions are human creations that can be designed more or less well. The question of what constitutes a viable political order is as old as it is profound, and is a central part of the works of such thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, and the American Founders. In eighteen original essays, Political Order presents the work of major scholars such as Robert Dahl, John Gray, Jennifer Nedelsky, Pasquale Pasquino, James Scott, Karen Orren, Steven Skowronek, Walter Dean Burnham, Morris Fiorina, and Norman Schofield who address some of the most pressing questions about political order. Under what conditions do we get political order rather than political chaos? How is political order sustained once it has been created? Do constitutions and electoral systems matter, and if so how much? Is there one best type of political order, and, if not, what is the range of viable possibilities and how should they be evaluated?

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I. ORDER VERSUS DISORDER -- 1. POLITICAL THEORY, ORDER, AND THREAT -- 2. STATE SIMPLIFICATIONS: NATURE, SPACE, AND PEOPLE -- 3. MODELING POLITICAL ORDER IN REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACIES -- 4. INSTITUTIONS AND INTERCURRENCE: THEORY BUILDING IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME -- 5. E PUR SI MUOVE! SYSTEMATIZING AND THE INTERCURRENCE HYPOTHESIS -- 6. LOOKING FOR DISAGREEMENT IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES -- 7. REPLY TO BURNHAM AND FIORINA -- PART II. DEMOCRACY AND NATIONALISM -- 8. THINKING ABOUT DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTIONS: CONCLUSIONS FROM DEMOCRATIC EXPERIENCE -- 9. MAJORITY RULE AND MINORITY INTERESTS -- 10. DELIBERATIVE EQUALITY AND DEMOCRATIC ORDER -- 11. FIVE THESES ON NATIONALISM -- 12. THE WORLD HOUSE DIVIDED: THE CLAIMS OF THE HUMAN COMMUNITY IN THE AGE OF NATIONALISM -- 13. FROM POST-LIBERALISM TO PLURALISM -- PART III. POLITICAL CULTURE -- 14. DEMOCRATIC AUTONOMY AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: A CRITIQUE OF WISCONSIN V. YODER -- 15. IN DEFENSE OF YODER: PARENTAL AUTHORITY AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS -- 16. SPHERES OF POLITICAL ORDER -- 17. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: CHALLENGES TO THE LIBERAL STATE AND RELATIONAL FEMINISM -- 18. STRUCTURES OF POLITICAL ORDER: THE RELATIONAL FEMINIST ALTERNATIVE -- Index