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Democracy's discontent : a new edition for our perilous times / Michael J. Sandel.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2022Description: xv, 428 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674270718 (paperback)
  • 0674270711 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.973
LOC classification:
  • JK 1726 S214d 2022
Contents:
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
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.Other editions: Revision of:: Sandel, Michael J. Democracy's discontent.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JK 1726 S214d 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000190409

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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