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

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,...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1998]
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Year of Publication:1998
Language:English
Series:NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy ; 18
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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