A Theory of Justice
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Accountability
Activism
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Basic income
Betterment
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Citizens (Spanish political party)
Civil and political rights
Civil liberties
Cohabitation
Consensus democracy
Constitutionalism
Deliberation
Deliberative democracy
Democracy
Democracy in India
Democratic capitalism
Democratic ideals
Democratic Way
Democratization
Developed country
Development aid
Direct democracy
Economic democracy
Economic potential
Economic power
Economics
Egalitarianism
Employment
Empowerment
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Equal opportunity
Fertility
Free trade
Funding
Genuine progress indicator
Good government
Governance
Government
Human capital
Ideology
Income
Income Support
Individual and group rights
Institution
Insurance
Journal of Democracy
Just society
Legislation
Legislature
Liberal democracy
Liberalism
Liberalization
Majoritarian democracy
Measurement
Methodology
Middle class
Morality
Of Education
Opportunity cost
Participatory democracy
Pension
Political machine
Political philosophy
Political science
Politician
Politics
Popular sovereignty
Positive liberty
Poverty
Poverty reduction
Progressive tax
Public expenditure
Rational choice theory
Rationality
Real freedom
Reform movement
Representative democracy
Self-interest
Social democracy
Social inequality
Social policy
Social protection
Standard of living
State of democracy
Subsidy
Symbolic power
Tax
The Future of Freedom
Types of democracy
Universal suffrage
Utilitarianism
Welfare
Welfare state
Product details
- ISBN 9780691141169
- Weight: 510g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 29 Mar 2009
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this provocative book, Stein Ringen argues that the world's democracies are failing to live up to their ideals--the United States and Great Britain most especially. The core value of democracy, he contends, is freedom, the freedom to live a good life according to one's own choosing. Yet he shows that democracy's freedom is on the decline. Citizens are increasingly distrustful of political systems weighted by money, and they don't participate in political affairs as they once did. Ringen warns of the risks we face if this trend continues, and puts forth an ambitious proposal for democratic reforms. The issues that concern him are ones that should concern us all. They include education, poverty, the social and economic roles of families, the lack of democracy in our economic lives, and the need to rejuvenate municipal democracy. Along the way, Ringen proposes policy solutions aimed at restoring democracy, such as universal vouchers for education, substituting the principle of individual insurance for social-welfare pensions, and rethinking how we measure poverty in rich and poor countries.
He calls for the revival of local democracy, a democratically grounded global economy, and the protection of political democracy from the transgressions of economic power. The way to protect democracy is not to cheer it, but to reform it. What Democracy Is For offers a bold defense of democratic ideals, grounded in real reforms.
Stein Ringen is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Oxford. His books include "Citizens, Families, and Reform" and "The Possibility of Politics".
