Democratic Justice

by Ian Shapiro

Book Overview

Democracy and justice are often mutually antagonistic ideas, but in this innovative book Ian Shapiro shows how and why they should be pursued together. Justice must be sought democratically if it is to garner legitimacy in the modern world, he claims, and democracy must be justice-promoting if it is to sustain allegiance over time. Democratic Justice meets these criteria, offering an attractive vision of a practical path to a better future...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300089082
• ISBN13: 9780300089080
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.8"