Overview
- Considers reasons for the current political polarization in American politics, offering possible resolutions
- Orients the reader to contemporary issues in democratic theory and practice
- Deals with the effects of misinformation on social policy formation in democratic societies
- Debates the equally timely issue of economic inequality in democracy, considering principles and practical effects of capitalist property rights, taxation, and campaign finance law?
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: AMINTAPHIL: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice (AMIN, volume 5)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Meaning of Democracy
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Democracy, Capitalism, and the Influence of Big Money
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Democratic Decisions and the (Un)Informed Public
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Keywords
- Conceptual Poverty as a Cause of Political Polarization
- Corporate Political Speech
- Democracy & Economic Inequality
- Democracy and the Information Problem
- Democracy as Social Myth
- Democracy in the 21st Century
- Democracy, Capitalism, and the Influence of Big Money
- Democracy: A Paradox of Rights
- Democratic Decisions
- Distinctions in Democratic Equality
- Epistocracy
- Group Identification
- Is Justice under Welfare State Captitalism?
- Journalists as Purveyors of Partial Truths
- Judicial Review and Its Compatibility with Democracy
- Mass Democracy in a Postfactual Market Society
- Meaning of Democracy
- Motivated Reasoning
- Pragmatic Democracy
- Precarious Democracy in the U.S.
- Representative Democracy
- Republics, Passions, & Protections
- Social Segregation, Complacency, & Democracy
- Spread of Democracy as a Manifestation of Progress
- Taxation in the American Republic
- Two Visions of Democracy
About this book
This work offers a timely philosophical analysis of fundamental principles of democracy and the meaning of democracy today. It explores the influence of big money and capitalism on democracy, the role of information and the media in democratic elections, and constitutional issues that challenge democracy in the wake of increased threats to privacy since 2001 and in light of the Citizens United decision of the US Supreme Court.
It juxtaposes alternate positions from experts in law and philosophy and examines the question of legitimacy, as well as questions about the access to information, the quality of information, the obligations to attain epistemic competence among the electorate, and the power of money.
Drawing together different political perspectives, as well as a variety of disciplines, this collection allows readers the opportunity to compare different and opposing moral and political solutions that both defend and transform democratic theory and practice.
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“This volume succeeds in offering a stimulating array of reflections on perennial philosophical debates and contemporary political challenges while maintaining a high degree of thematic coherence. … essays are uniformly thought provoking and well written. … It will be welcomed by anyone looking for an overview of current debates at the intersection of philosophy, law and political science about the problems and prospects of democracy under the conditions of contemporary capitalism.” (James Gledhill, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, October, 2014)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philosophical Perspectives on Democracy in the 21st Century
Editors: Ann E. Cudd, Sally J. Scholz
Series Title: AMINTAPHIL: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02312-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-02311-3Published: 18 December 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34518-5Published: 27 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-02312-0Published: 03 December 2013
Series ISSN: 1873-877X
Series E-ISSN: 2351-9851
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 246
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Philosophy, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Political Science, Social Policy, Philosophy of Law, Communication Studies