Williams Liberalism and the Limits of Power

2005
ISBN: 978-1-4039-7867-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten, eBook

This book provides the first critical assessment of important recent developments in Anglo-American liberal theorizing about limited government. Following a comparative study of canonical liberal philosophers Hayek and Rawls, the book reveals a new direction for conceptualizing limited government in the twenty-first century, highlighting the central role that democratic politics - rather than philosophical principles - should play in determining the uses and limits of state power in a liberal regime. Williams draws on recent scholarship in the field of democratic theory and cultural studies in arguing for a shift in the ways liberals approach the study of politics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Limited Government in the Liberal Tradition Liberalism Confronts the Welfare State Liberalism and the Justice of Limits Liberalism's Legislative Renaissance Liberalism in the Age of Reality TV A Liberal Future for Privacy Doctrine?

Über Autor(innen)

JULIET A. WILLIAMS is Assistant Professor in the Law and Society and Women's Studies Programmes at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.