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政治自由主义 = Political liberalism
01 Jan 2000-
About: The article was published on 2000-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1762 citations till now.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore an important concept in the work of the later Rawls, the idea of the reasonable, and conclude that this concept helps to bridge the gap between liberal theory and democratic practice.
Abstract: This paper aims to explore an important concept in the work of the later Rawls: the idea of the reasonable. While the concept has its roots in both Aristotle and Kant, Rawls develops a unique account of the reasonable in the light of his theory of political liberalism. The paper includes Rawlsian responses to the practical challenges of radical democrats on the one hand, and epistemological challenges to the reasonable on the other. It concludes that Rawls’s account of the reasonable helps to bridge the gap between liberal theory and democratic practice.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors integrate the concern for human development in the present with that in the future, and explore the relationship between distributional equity, sustainable development, optimal growth, and pure time preference.
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...The idea that ``income'' is what can be spent while leaving the asset base intact is precisely the concept of sustainable income established by John Hicks (1946, p. 172) more than 50 years ago: The purpose of income calculations in practical a airs is to give people an indication of the amount which they can consume without impoverishing themselves....
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...It is easily seen why Repetto (1985) saw an analogy between the idea of sustainable development and the economic accountant's notion of what spendable income is....
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the materiality of change in urban Africa, focusing particularly on the kitchens of a group of first-generation pro-lifers in the Ivory Coast.
Abstract: Meaning is inscribed in the material/built environment and this article considers the materiality of change in urban Africa, focusing particularly on the kitchens of a group of first-generation pro...
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...(Superstitious and irrational beliefs do not belong to this field of reasonable disagreement, cf. John Rawls 1993, pp. 54ff.) At the same time there is also a need for institutional interaction, for instance between the judiciary and the political system, as well as between politics as power and…...
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TL;DR: The notion of deliberative democracy was coined by Bessette, who explicitly coined it to oppose the elitist or "aristocratic" interpretation of the American Constitution.
Abstract: roposed as a reformist and sometimes even as a radical political ideal,deliberative democracy begins with the critique of the standard practices ofliberal democracy. Although the idea can be traced to Dewey and Arendt andthen further back to Rousseau and even Aristotle, in its recent incarnation theterm stems from Joseph Bessette, who explicitly coined it to oppose the elitist or‘‘aristocratic’’ interpretation of the American Constitution.
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TL;DR: This article propose an anaysis of gender that is broad enough to house the full range of feminist concerns, those central to the old socialist-feminism as well as identity-based conceptions.
Abstract: In the course of the last 30 years, feminist theories of gender have shifted from quasi-Marxist, labor-centered conceptions to putatively ‘post-Marxist’ culture-and identity-based conceptions. Reflecting a broader political move from redistribution to recognition, this shift has been double edged. On the one hand, it has broadened feminist politics to encompass legitimate issues of representation, identity and difference. Yet, in the context of an ascendant neoliberalism, feminist struggles for recognition may be serving less to enrich struggles for redistribution than to displace the latter. Thus, instead of arriving at a broader, richer paradigm that could encompass both redistribution and recognition, feminists appear to have traded one truncated paradigm for another – a truncated economism for a truncated culturalism. This article aims to resist that trend. I propose an anaysis of gender that is broad enough to house the full range of feminist concerns, those central to the old socialist-feminism as w...
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01 Sep 2014
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assessed neoliberal urban developments in post-civil war Lebanon by focusing on the reconstruction of Downtown Beirut, which contributed towards increasing a public debt that was burdening the country at the time; and reproducing sectarian divisions in Lebanese politics and society.
Abstract: This thesis assesses neoliberal urban developments in post-civil war Lebanon. It does so by focusing on the reconstruction of Downtown Beirut, which contributed towards: firstly, increasing a public debt that was burdening the country at the time; and secondly, reproducing sectarian divisions in Lebanese politics and society. To explain this outcome, this thesis analyses the policies of specific agents who were involved in, and in control of, the reconstruction process. The agents being referred to were led by the former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri until his death in 2005. When analysed, these policies are found to follow the neoliberal logic of the late prime minister, but also to have been designed and implemented in a way to create and extract as much rent as possible for the benefit of those with invested interests in the reconstruction process. In this regard, it is argued that rent-seeking activities and behaviours heavily influenced the decision-making processes in key institutions concerned with reconstruction matters. Rent-seeking is used to refer to a wide range of social activities. In the case of Lebanon, we find a clear overlap between rent-seeking and two other processes that are endemic to the country: corruption and clientelism. The overlap between rent-seeking and these two other processes is a significant demonstration of how the nation-state and local politics shape the development and implementation of neoliberal economic policies, so that ‘actually existing neoliberalism’ is highly uneven from one region to another, and even from one country to the next. Because agency is placed at the centre of the analysis, this thesis adopts an approach that is more sociological in nature. It also makes use of two sets of literatures: those of liberal peacebuilding and new urban governance. This allows concepts and explanations to be used from both, in turn, complementing the analysis when delineating the patterns of neoliberalism that are specific to post-civil war Lebanon.
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22 Jun 2007
TL;DR: The Globalisation of Democracy: The Right to Democratic Governance The Entitlement to Democratic governance in International Law and International Politics The Ideology of Democracy Promotion Excursus: Prerequisites and causes of Democratisation 4. Sovereignty and Democracy Conceptual Distinctions The Politics of the Sovereignty Discourse "Domestic Sovereignty" as 'Popular Sovereignty' 5.
Abstract: Acknowledgements Preface 1. Kant's Republicanism and the Cosmopolitan Persuasion Kant's Republicanism and the 'Moral Personality' of States The Sovereign Equality of States, Peaceful Coexistence and the International Constitution Kant's Cosmopolitanism Cicero's Republicanism and Stoic Cosmopolitanism: Kant in Comparison John Rawls and Jurgen Habermas: Alternative Ways of Understanding Kant's Cosmopolitanism 2. The Languages of Human Rights and the Liberal Dialect The Many Voices of the Human Rights Discourse Human Rights as the New Standard of Civilisation Human Rights and Democracy: Liberal Perspectives 3. The Globalisation of Democracy: The Right to Democratic Governance The Entitlement to Democratic Governance in International Law and International Politics The Ideology of Democracy Promotion Excursus: Prerequisites and Causes of Democratisation 4. Sovereignty and Democracy Conceptual Distinctions The Politics of the Sovereignty Discourse 'Domestic Sovereignty' as 'Popular Sovereignty' 5. Liberal Democracy between Multiculturalism and Globalisation From 'Demos' to 'Demoi': Multiculturalism and Democracy Globalisation and Democracy Bibliography Index.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the premise for the special issue on "Cultural Policy and Democracy" of the International Journal of Cultural Policy, and present a short presentation of the transition from autocracy to liberal democracy and different models of cultural policy within the frames of liberal democracies.
Abstract: Departing from reflections on the terrorist attack in Oslo 22 July 2011 as an attack on democracy as a political system, the author discusses the premise for the special issue on ‘Cultural Policy and Democracy' of the International Journal of Cultural Policy. Then follows a short presentation of the transition from autocracy to liberal democracy and different models of cultural policy within the frames of liberal democracies. Four principal democratic dimensions of cultural policy are defined and discussed, and the article ends with a short editorial comment to all other articles published in this issue.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors develop a framework for evaluating the legitimacy of codecision. But they also conclude that the issue is part of a predicament that can only be managed, not solved.
Abstract: This contribution develops a framework for evaluating the legitimacy of codecision. It uses democratic theory to clarify the role of legislative procedures in securing the legitimacy of political systems. It shows how that role requires public control with political equality and public justification. It uses that standard to show how legislative agenda-setting, Council voting weights, European Parliament elections and seat apportionments, national parliamentary scrutiny, justificatory practices, and control of judicial and administrative rule-making all affect the legitimacy of codecision. Overall the contribution concludes that the legitimacy of codecision is part of a predicament that can only be managed, not solved.
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01 Jan 2018
TL;DR: For example, people in impoverished cities, such as Kinshasa, lend small quantities of food to neighbors when requested, to prevent starvation as discussed by the authors, and share their living space with others who are homeless.
Abstract: People in impoverished cities, for example in Kinshasa, lend small quantities of food to neighbors when requested, to prevent starvation. In Mumbai, they share their living space with others who are homeless. In Detroit, churches and the Detroit Urban League have helped poor residents to obtain jobs, meals, and housing. Rather than mere self-interest, this expression of generosity is an outstanding human quality. Networks of survival also include the lessons of history, good economic and political policies, human rights, equal opportunity, and culture.
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