Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 245 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0719059089
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0719059097
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1847790445
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1280734000
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1417582707
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9780719059087
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9780719059094
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9781847790446
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9781280734007
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9781417582709
Content:
"Written by a powerful international team of theorists, this book offers a sophisticated analysis of the central political concepts in the light of recent debates in political theory. All political argument employs political concepts. They provide the building blocks needed to construct a case for or against a given political position. To address such issues as whether or not development aid is too low, income tax too high, or how to cope with poverty and the distribution of wealth, citizens must develop views on what individuals are entitled to, what they owe to others, and the role of individual choice and responsibility in these areas. These matters turn on an understanding of concepts such as rights, equality and liberty and the ways they relate to each other. People of different political persuasions interpret such key political concepts in different ways. This book introduces students to some of the main interpretations, pointing out their strengths and weaknesses. It covers a broad range of the main concepts employed in contemporary political and theoretical debates. Separate chapters look at liberty, rights, social justice, political obligation, nationalism, punishment, social exclusion, legitimacy, the rule of law, multiculturalism, gender, public and private, democracy, environmentalism, international justice and just war. This book is perfect for students of political theory and political ideology, and indeed anyone approaching political theory for the first time"--Publisher's description
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index
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Liberty
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Rights: their basis and limits
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Social justice: the place of equal opportunity
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Political obligation
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Nationalism and the state
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Crime and punishment
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Welfare and social exclusion
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Legitimacy
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Democracy
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The rule of law
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Public and private
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Community: individuals acting together
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Multiculturalism
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Gender
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Green political theory
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International justice
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Just war
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0719059089
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Political concepts Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003
Language:
English
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