Explaining Political Disagreement

by Andrew Mason

Book Overview

This book considers a variety of explanations of why political disagreement is so extensive and persistent. The author examines variants of the 'contestability' and 'imperfection' conceptions which have dominated political theory: the idea that political disagreement is so pervasive because of its value-ladenness; that key political concepts are essentially contested; that those who occupy very different political positions fail to understand each...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521053994
• ISBN13: 9780521053990
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"