Democracy's discontent : a new edition for our perilous times /

Sandel, Michael J., 1953-

Democracy's discontent : a new edition for our perilous times / Michael J. Sandel. - xv, 428 pages ; 21 cm.

"First edition published as Democracy's Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophy by the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1996"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface, -- Preface to the Original Edition -- Introduction to the New Edition: Democracy's Peril -- The Public Philosophy of Contemporary Liberalism -- Economics and Virtue in the Early Republic -- Free Labor versus Wage Labor -- Community, Self-Government, and Progressive Reform -- Liberalism and the Keynesian Revolution -- The Triumph and Travail of the Procedural Republic -- Conclusion: In Search of a Public Philosophy -- Epilogue: What Went Wrong

"Twenty-five years after his prescient Democracy's Discontent, Michael Sandel updates his classic work for our more fractious age. He shows how, since the 1990s, Democrats and Republicans embraced a market faith that led to the toxic politics of our time. To rescue democracy, he argues, we must reimagine the economy and revitalize the civic project"--

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Democracy--United States.
Democracia--Estados Unidos
Liberalism--United States.
Liberalismo --Estados Unidos
Civil rights--United States.
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos
Citizenship--United States.
Ciudadanía --Estados Unidos
Politics, Practical.
Práctica política

JK 1726 / S214d 2022

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