Liberalism and democracy have long been assumed to exist in a complementary relationship, if not always an entirely easy one. This book scrupulously investigates the reason for this alliance and the sources of its tensions, providing a lucid and succinct introduction to some of the subject's central concepts and concerns.
Liberalism and democracy have long been assumed to exist in a complementary relationship, if not always an entirely easy one. This book scrupulously investigates the reason for this alliance and the sources of its tensions, providing a lucid and succinct introduction to some of the subject's central concepts and concerns.
The longue durée of the relationship between liberalism and democracy
Norberto Bobbio was one of Italy's foremost thinkers. He taught at
a number of universities, including Siena, Padua and Turin; his
other works include Left and Right and Democracy and Dictatorship:
The Nature and Limits of State Power.
Martin Ryle is Senior Lecturer in Continuing Education at the
University of Sussex. His previous books include The Politics of
Nuclear Disarmament, Ecology and Socialism, and Journeys in
Ireland.
Kate Soper teaches philosophy and cultural theory at the University
of North London. Her previous works include On Human Needs, What is
Nature? Culture, Politics and the Non-Human and, with Verso,
Troubled Pleasures.
Italy's leading legal and political philosopher ... one of the most
authoritative figures in his country's politics.
*Guardian*
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