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Pluralist arguments are increasingly common in political and legal theory, but scepticism persists about whether pluralism marks a distinct intellectual tradition. This book reconstructs the pluralist tradition in political theory, arguing that it makes distinctive and radical claims regarding political authority and the state.
Sommario
- Preface
- Part One: The distinctiveness of pluralism
- 1: The Structure of Pluralist Arguments
- 2: The Inadequacy of Multiculturalism
- 3: The Incompatibility of Subsidiarity
- 4: Associative Democracy and the Corporatist Temptation
- Part Two: The Constitutional Theory of Pluralism
- 5: Positive Pluralism
- 6: The Problem of Pluralist Autonomy
- 7: Law as Intelligibility
- 8: Pluralist Authority
- Part Three: The Personality of Associations
- 9: This Unity of Life and Action
- 10: The Personality of Associations
- 11: Property, Personality, and Public Justification
- Conclusion
- 12: The Specter of Intractability
Info autore
Víctor M. Muñiz-Fraticelli is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Faculty of Law at McGill University. He holds a degree in law from the University of Puerto Rico and a PhD in political science from the University of Chicago. He works on political and legal pluralism, church and state relations, the philosophy of law, and contemporary theories of justice.
Riassunto
Pluralist arguments are increasingly common in political and legal theory, but scepticism persists about whether pluralism marks a distinct intellectual tradition. This book reconstructs the pluralist tradition in political theory, arguing that it makes distinctive and radical claims regarding political authority and the state.
