Democratic Experimentalism
Author | : Brian E. Butler |
Publisher | : Rodopi |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2013 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789401209267 |
ISBN-13 | : 940120926X |
Rating | : 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This volume focuses on democratic experimentalism, gathering a collection of original and previously unpublished essays focusing upon its major outlines, as well as specific aspects ¿ both promising and troublesome - of this theoretical approach. Together these essays offer conceptions of democracy and democratic governance that emphasize and highlight experimentalist aspects of pragmatic thought, particularly Deweyan pragmatism, and its relationship to instantiation in concrete social and political institutions. Issues of democratic governance, political organization and the relationship of law to democracy are analyzed.