Reconstructing Political Pluralism

Reconstructing Political Pluralism
ISBN-10
0791425614
ISBN-13
9780791425619
Category
Political Science
Pages
226
Language
English
Published
1995-01-01
Publisher
SUNY Press
Author
Avigail I. Eisenberg

Description

This reappraisal of the pluralist tradition systematically explores accounts of political pluralism offered by James, Dewey, Figgis, Cole, Laski, Follett, and Dahl and shows how each variant contains a distinct account of the relation between group power, individual interest, and self-development. These historical accounts provide the resources with which Eisenberg reconstructs a democratic theory of political pluralism. At the center of political pluralism, she argues, is a pluralist approach to self-development that can address the key ambiguities of identity politics and provide a more effective means to balance the power relations between individuals and communities than can individualist or communitarian approaches.

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