The Clash of Rights: Liberty, Equality, and Legitimacy in Pluralist Democracy - Couverture souple

Sniderman, Paul M.; Fletcher Jr, Joseph F.; Russell, Peter; Tetlock, Philip E.

 
9780300069815: The Clash of Rights: Liberty, Equality, and Legitimacy in Pluralist Democracy
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0300069812 ISBN 13 : 9780300069815
Editeur : Yale University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Why do citizens in pluralist democracies disagree collectively about the very values they agree on individually? This provocative book highlights the inescapable conflicts of rights and values at the heart of democratic politics.
Based on interviews with thousands of citizens and political decision makers, the book focuses on modern Canadian politics, investigating why a country so fortunate in its history and circumstances is on the brink of dissolution. Taking advantage of new techniques of computer-assisted interviewing, the authors explore the politics of a wide array of issues, from freedom of expression to public funding of religious schools to government wiretapping to antihate legislation, analyzing not only why citizens take the positions they do but also how easily they can be talked out of them. In the process, the authors challenge a number of commonly held assumptions about democratic politics. They show, for example, that political elites do not constitute a special bulwark protecting civil liberties; that arguments over political rights are as deeply driven by commitment to the master values of democratic politics as by failure to understand them; and that consensus on the rights of groups is inherently more fragile than on the rights of individuals.

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À propos de l?auteur

Paul M. Sniderman is professor of political science at Stanford University. Joseph F. Fletcher is associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto. Peter H. Russell is University Professor in the department of political science at the University of Toronto. Philip E. Tetlock is professor of psychology at Ohio State University.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0300069812
ISBN 13 
9780300069815
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780300065350: The Clash of Rights: Liberty, Equality, and Legitimacy in Pluralist Democracy

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0300065353 ISBN 13 :  9780300065350
Editeur : Yale University Press, 1996
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