Compromises In Democracy
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Author |
: Sandrine Baume |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 249 |
Release |
: 2020-05-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783030408022 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3030408027 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Compromises in Democracy by : Sandrine Baume
This book provides an interdisciplinary examination of the relationship between compromise and democracy. Compromises have played a significant role in our representative democracies and yet the nature of the relationship between compromise and democracy has generally raised tricky theoretical questions and generated ambiguous evaluations. This book focuses on the relationship between compromise and liberal democracies from both a cultural and institutional perspective and addresses new and lesser-explored aspects of the relationship. It explores a variety of topics including: compromise and in-commensurable values, antagonist paradigms, compromise and majority decisions, compromise and publicity, compromise and post-conflict societies, compromise and anti-system political parties, and compromise and the understanding of political representation. Compromises in Democracy offers an original perspective on the topic by assembling contributions from the fields of philosophy, sociology, political theory, political science and history of ideas.
Author |
: Amy Gutmann |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 305 |
Release |
: 2014-04-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781400851249 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1400851246 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Spirit of Compromise by : Amy Gutmann
Why compromise is essential for effective government and why it is missing in politics today To govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis—dramatically demonstrated by the gridlock in Congress in recent years. In The Spirit of Compromise, eminent political thinkers Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson show why compromise is so important, what stands in the way of achieving it, and how citizens can make defensible compromises more likely. They urge politicians to focus less on campaigning and more on governing. In a new preface, the authors reflect on the state of compromise in Congress since the book's initial publication. Calling for greater cooperation in contemporary politics, The Spirit of Compromise will interest everyone who cares about making government work better for the good of all.
Author |
: Alexander Ruser |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 78 |
Release |
: 2017-07-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351599887 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351599887 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Against Political Compromise by : Alexander Ruser
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The problem of inequality -- 2 The problem of plurality -- 3 The problem of uncertainty -- Conclusion -- Index
Author |
: Amy Gutmann |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 279 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0691153914 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780691153919 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Spirit of Compromise by : Amy Gutmann
Argues that bipartisan compromise is essential to effective governing, and claims that the dominance of political campaigning in the United States has blocked compromise and threatened the effectiveness of American government.
Author |
: Alexander Ruser |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 100 |
Release |
: 2017-07-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351599870 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351599879 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Against Political Compromise by : Alexander Ruser
Political compromise is emerging as a preferred solution for numerous apparently intractable problems. Many have pointed to the rising degree of political polarisation around issues such as climate change, immigration and abortion. These are ‘wicked problems’ that are clearly not conducive to any sort of political consensus. The groups and individuals who are party to these issues disagree, often both fully and fiercely. As an alternative, political compromise seemingly offers a way of respecting difference while simultaneously generating a decision upon which policy can move forward. But proponents of political compromise should also acknowledge its significant weaknesses and dangers. Invoking recent examples from various policy areas to illustrate their claims, the authors assert that compromise can disguise inequality, reduce plurality and heighten uncertainty. In short, compromise can weaken democracy and must not be seen as some sort of political panacea. This concise, accessible text offers a strong and provocative argument that provides a crucial counterpoint to the promise of compromise. It should prove of interest to students and scholars interested in compromise and consensus as well as democratic governance, social inequality, political apathy and environmental politics.
Author |
: Fabian Wendt |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 281 |
Release |
: 2016-07-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783319288772 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3319288776 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Compromise, Peace and Public Justification by : Fabian Wendt
This book explores the morality of compromising. The author argues that peace and public justification are values that provide moral reasons to make compromises in politics, including compromises that establish unjust laws or institutions. He explains how it is possible to have moral reasons to agree to moral compromises and he debates our moral duties and obligations in making such compromises. The book also contains discussions of the sources of the value of public justification, the relation between peace and justice, the nature of modus vivendi arrangements and the connections between compromise, liberal institutions and legitimacy. In exploring the morality of compromising, the book thus provides some outlines for a map of political morality beyond justice.
Author |
: Charlie Samuels |
Publisher |
: Greenhaven Publishing LLC |
Total Pages |
: 50 |
Release |
: 2018-12-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781534566729 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1534566724 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis Compromises and Deals by : Charlie Samuels
Many pieces of important legislation are passed because of compromises and deals struck between lawmakers. The U.S. Constitution was created through a complex system of compromises, and this process continues in American government today. Readers get an inside look at this part of the political system as they discover historical and modern examples of influential compromises and deals. Sidebars and discussion questions invite readers to form their own point of view on this controversial part of the political process, and full-color photographs of famous politicians fill each page.
Author |
: Robert Goodrich |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 194 |
Release |
: 2022-12-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781469665559 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1469665557 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis Democracy in Crisis by : Robert Goodrich
Democracy in Crisis explores one of the world's greatest failures of democracy in Germany during the so-called Weimar Republic, 1919–33—a failure that led to the Third Reich. For more than a decade after World War I, liberalism, nationalism, conservatism, social democracy, Christian democracy, communism, fascism, and every variant of these movements struggled for power. Although Germany's constitutional framework boldly enshrined liberal democratic values, the political spectrum was so broad and fully represented that a stable parliamentary majority required constant negotiations. The compromises that were made subsequently alienated citizens, who were embittered by national humiliation in the war and the ensuing treaty and struggling to survive economic turmoil and rapidly changing cultural norms. As positions hardened, the door was opened to radical alternatives. In this game, students, as delegates of the Reichstag (parliament), must contend with intense parliamentary wrangling, uncontrollable world events, street fights, assassinations, and insurrections. The game begins in late 1929, just after the U.S. stock market crash, as the Reichstag deliberates the Young Plan (a revision to the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I). Students belonging to various political parties must debate these matters and more as the combination of economic stress, political gridlock, and foreign pressure turn Germany into a volcano on the verge of eruption.
Author |
: Nadia Urbinati |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 318 |
Release |
: 2014-02-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674726383 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674726383 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Democracy Disfigured by : Nadia Urbinati
In Democracy Disfigured, Nadia Urbinati diagnoses the ills that beset the body politic in an age of hyper-partisanship and media monopolies and offers a spirited defense of the messy compromises and contentious outcomes that define democracy. Urbinati identifies three types of democratic disfiguration: the unpolitical, the populist, and the plebiscitarian. Each undermines a crucial division that a well-functioning democracy must preserve: the wall separating the free forum of public opinion from governmental institutions that enact the will of the people. Unpolitical democracy delegitimizes political opinion in favor of expertise. Populist democracy radically polarizes the public forum in which opinion is debated. And plebiscitary democracy overvalues the aesthetic and nonrational aspects of opinion. For Urbinati, democracy entails a permanent struggle to make visible the issues that citizens deem central to their lives. Opinion is thus a form of action as important as the mechanisms that organize votes and mobilize decisions. Urbinati focuses less on the overt enemies of democracy than on those who pose as its friends: technocrats wedded to procedure, demagogues who make glib appeals to "the people," and media operatives who, given their preference, would turn governance into a spectator sport and citizens into fans of opposing teams.
Author |
: Donald A. Ritchie |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 169 |
Release |
: 2016 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190280147 |
ISBN-13 |
: 019028014X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis The U.S. Congress by : Donald A. Ritchie
In the second edition of The U.S. Congress, Donald A. Ritchie, a congressional historian for more than thirty years, takes readers on a fascinating, behind-the-scenes tour of Capitol Hill, pointing out the key players, explaining their behavior, and translating parliamentary language into plain English. No mere civics lesson, this eye-opening book provides an insider's perspective on Congress, matched with a professional historian's analytical insight. After a swift survey of the creation of Congress by the constitutional convention, he begins to unscrew the nuts and pull out the bolts. What is it like to campaign for Congress? To attract large donors? To enter either house with no seniority? He answers these questions and more, explaining committee assignments and committee work, the role of staffers and lobbyists, floor proceedings, parliamentary rules, and coalition building. Ritchie explores the great effort put into constituent service-as representatives and senators respond to requests from groups and individuals-as well as media relations and news coverage. He also explores how the grand concepts we all know from civics class--checks and balances, advise and consent, congressional oversight--work in practice in an age of strong presidents and a muscular Senate minority.