Deliberation, social choice and absolutist democracy / David van Mill.
| Author/creator | Van Mill, David |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon, England ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2006. |
| Description | viii, 189 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge innovations in political theory ; 22 |
| Contents | Introduction -- Summary of the chapters -- A comparison of social choice and deliberative theories of democracy -- Introduction -- Discourse and democracy -- Social choice theory -- Criticisms of deliberative democracy -- Criticisms of social choice theory -- Conclusion -- Circumventing arrow's theorem -- Introduction -- What hope for democracy? -- Can deliberative democracy and social choice theory be made compatible? -- Abandoning democratic purity -- Limiting participation -- Conclusion -- An empirical test of social choice and deliberative theories of democracy -- Introduction -- A broad description of the institution -- Case studies: administration and governance of the West, and the location of the Capital -- Case study 1. The Northwest Ordinance of 1784 -- Settlement and distribution of Western lands 1785 -- The Northwest Ordinance 1787 -- Case study 2: The location of the capital -- Conclusion -- Hobbesian sovereignty and the specter of tyranny -- Introduction -- Hobbesian sovereignty -- Hobbes?s intentions. |
| General note | "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006002352 |
| ISBN | 9780415390927 |
| ISBN | 0415390923 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |