The Structure of Pluralism

TRAMA

Pluralist arguments are increasingly common in political and legal theory, but scepticism persists about whether pluralism marks a distinct intellectual tradition. This book reconstructs the pluralist tradition in political theory, arguing that it makes distinctive and radical claims regarding political authority and the state.

NOTE EDITORE

Pluralism proceeds from the observation that many associations in liberal democracies claim to possess, and attempt to exercise, a measure of legitimate authority over their members. They assert that this authority does not derive from the magnanimity of a liberal and tolerant state but is grounded, rather, on the common practices and aspirations of those individuals who choose to take part in a common endeavor. As an account of the authority of associations, pluralism is distinct from other attempts to accommodate groups like multiculturalism, subsidiarity, corporatism, and associational democracy. It is consistent with the explanation of legal authority proposed by contemporary legal positivists, and recommends that the formal normative systems of highly organized groups be accorded the status of fully legal norms when they encounter the laws of the state. In this book, Muniz-Fraticelli argues that political pluralism is a convincing political tradition that makes distinctive and radical claims regarding the sources of political authority and the relationship between associations and the state. Drawing on the intellectual tradition of the British political pluralists, as well as recent developments in legal philosophy and social ontology, the book argues that political pluralism makes distinctive and radical claims regarding the sources of political authority and the relationship between associations and the state.

SOMMARIO

1 - The Structure of Pluralist Arguments2 - The Inadequacy of Multiculturalism3 - The Incompatibility of Subsidiarity4 - Associative Democracy and the Corporatist Temptation5 - Positive Pluralism6 - The Problem of Pluralist Autonomy7 - Law as Intelligibility8 - Pluralist Authority9 - This Unity of Life and Action10 - The Personality of Associations11 - Property, Personality, and Public Justification12 - The Specter of Intractability

AUTORE

Víctor M. Muñiz-Fraticelli is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Faculty of Law at McGill University. He holds a degree in law from the University of Puerto Rico and a PhD in political science from the University of Chicago. He works on political and legal pluralism, church and state relations, the philosophy of law, and contemporary theories of justice.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780199673889
• Collana: Oxford Constitutional Theory
• Dimensioni: 240 x 25.0 x 163 mm Ø 582 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 284