| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 319 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index. |
| Contents |
Preliminaries; Contents; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Acknowledgments; How Good Are the Good Democracies; Is Economic Democracy Available; What Should Welfare States Do; Can We Eradicate Poverty; What Do Families Do; Where Does Freedom Come From; The Truth About Class Inequality; How Good Is the Kindest Democracy; What Does a Good Press Look Like; The Flat Tax Issue. |
| Summary |
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 r. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Democracy.
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Democracy. |
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Business and politics.
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Business and politics. |
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Corporate power.
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Corporate power. |
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Globalization.
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Globalization. |
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Political ethics.
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Political ethics. |
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Social justice.
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Social justice. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ringen, Stein. What democracy is for. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2007 9780691129846 (DLC) 2006030854 (OCoLC)71581732 |
| ISBN |
9781400831678 (electronic book) |
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1400831679 (electronic book) |
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0691141169 |
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9780691141169 |
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1282458183 |
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9781282458185 |
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