Democratic Legitimacy: Plural Values and Political Power Volume 34

by Frederick M. Barnard and Frederick A. Barnard

Barnard argues that Western democracy, if it is to continue to exist as a legitimate political system, must maintain the integrity of its application of performative principles. Consequently, if both social and political democracy are legitimate goals, limitations designed to curb excessive political power may also be applicable in containing excessive economic power. Barnard stresses that whatever steps are taken to augment civic reciprocity, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773522328
• ISBN13: 9780773522329
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 256 Pages