Power, luck and freedom: Collected Essays - Couverture souple

Dowding, Keith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1526104563 ISBN 13 : 9781526104564

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2016

Synopsis

This book presents thirteen essays from a leading contemporary political scientist, with a substantial introduction bringing together the themes. The topics covered include political and social power, freedom, choice, rights, responsibility, the author's unique account of luck and systematic luck and the nature of leadership. There are also discussions of conceptual analysis, the structure-agency debate, luck egalitarianism, Sen's liberal paradox, problems in the measurement of freedom and choice and the differences between instrumental and intrinsic accounts of the value of freedom and related concepts.

The wide-ranging material will provide an excellent text for students at all levels. It is appropriate reading for a host of courses in the fields of political science, political sociology and political theory at both undergraduate and graduate level. Whilst addressing some philosophically difficult and advanced subjects, the accessible writing makes the subject-matter comprehensible for all levels of students.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Keith Dowding is Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University, Canberra

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1526104563
• ISBN 13: 9781526104564
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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