Bringing together writings on democracy from the acclaimed political thinker, Brian Barry, this volume ranges from an extended essay on the justification for democratic procedures to a critical discussion of the claim that democracy inevitably produces too much inflation. Two influential articles on democracy in divided societies are also included. The pieces devoted to the study of power seek to show how analytical issues have significant implications for questions of substance such as how power is distributed within a society and how a political unit should decide whether or not to join some larger unit. Written in an accessible style which does not presuppose any knowledge of the field, this book should prove indispensable to students as well as for the enthusiast with an interest in the central problems of political theory.

Democracy and Power: Essays in Political Theory 1

Politics & Social Sciences

Barry, Brian

Politics & Government

Oxford University Press

Bringing together a selection of twenty-one major articles and essays by renowned political theorist Brian Barry, this collection presents his theories of how social institutions ought to work as well as how they actually do work, and elucidates the connections between the two kinds of theory. The book includes an introduction that explains the context within which each essay was written, and a discussion of subsequent developments that are relevant to its arguments.

Democracy, Power, and Justice: Essays in Political Theory

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Brian Barry enjoys a reputation as a leading political thinker, interested both in theories about how social institutions ought to work and theories about how they do work. He is particularly concerned with the connections between the two kinds of theory. There is widely perceived to be a crisis in liberal political philosophy, and a number of the pieces collected here ask what intellectual resources are available to defend a system of liberal rights. The volume also contains Barry's writings on international and intergeneration justice as well as an essay on the general topic of distributive justice that reflects his most recent thinking on the subject. Written in an accessible style which does not presuppose any previous knowledge of the field, this book should prove indispensable to students as well as for the enthusiast with an interest in the central problems of political theory.

Liberty and Justice: Essays in Political Theory 2

Almost every country today contains adherents of different religions and different secular conceptions of the good life. Is there any alternative to a power struggle among them, leading most probably to either civil war or repression? The argument of this book is that justice as impartiality offers a solution. According to the theory of justice as impartiality, principles of justice are those principles that provide a reasonable basis for the unforced assent of those subject to them. The object of this book is to set the theory out, explain its rationale, and respond to a variety of criticism that have been made of it. As the second volume of his work-in-progress, A Treatise on Social Justice, this work lies at the heart of a thriving academic debate which the author has played a key role in shaping.

Justice As Impartiality (Oxford Political Theory)

Philosophy

Clarendon Press

Almost every country today contains adherents of different religions and different secular conceptions of the good life. Is there any alternative to a power struggle among them, leading most probably to either civil war or repression? The argument of this book is that justice as impartiality offers a solution. According to the theory of justice as impartiality, principles of justice are those principles that provide a reasonable basis for the unforced assent of those subject to them. The object of this book is to set the theory out, explain its rationale, and respond to a variety of criticism that have been made of it. As the second volume of his work-in-progress, A Treatise on Social Justice, this work lies at the heart of a thriving academic debate which the author has played a key role in shaping.

English as a Second Language

168 page softcover book of political philosophy.

The Liberal Theory of Justice. A Critical Examination of the Principal Doctrines in A Theory Of Justice by John Rawls

"Rationalist theories of political behavior have recently risen in status to that of a new—or, more accurately, rediscovered—paradigm in the systematic study of politics. Brian Barry's short, provocative book played no small part in the debate that precipitated this shift. . . . Without reservation, Barry's treatise is the most lucid and most influential critique of two important, competing perspectives in political analysis: the 'sociological' school of Talcott Parsons, Gabriel Almond, and other so-called functionalists; and the 'economic' school of Anthony Downs and Mancur Olson, among others."—Dennis J. Encarnation, American Journal of Sociology

Sociologists, Economists, and Democracy

Social Sciences

University of Chicago Press

"Rationalist theories of political behavior have recently risen in status to that of a new—or, more accurately, rediscovered—paradigm in the systematic study of politics. Brian Barry's short, provocative book played no small part in the debate that precipitated this shift. . . . Without reservation, Barry's treatise is the most lucid and most influential critique of two important, competing perspectives in political analysis: the 'sociological' school of Talcott Parsons, Gabriel Almond, and other so-called functionalists; and the 'economic' school of Anthony Downs and Mancur Olson, among others."—Dennis J. Encarnation, American Journal of Sociology

Sociologists, Economists, and Democracy (Midway Reprint)

Political Argument (Routledge Revivals)

Since its publication in 1965, Brian Barry's seminal work has occupied an important role in the revival of Anglo-American political philosophy. A number of ideas and terms in it have become part of the standard vocabulary, such as the distinction between "ideal-regarding" and "want-regarding" principles and the division of principles into aggregative and distributive. The book provided the first precise analysis of the concept of political values having trade-off relations and its analysis of the notion of the public interest has also been significant.

Routledge

Since its publication in 1965, Brian Barry's seminal work has occupied an important role in the revival of Anglo-American political philosophy. A number of ideas and terms in it have become part of the standard vocabulary, such as the distinction between "ideal-regarding" and "want-regarding" principles and the division of principles into aggregative and distributive. The book provided the first precise analysis of the concept of political values having trade-off relations and its analysis of the notion of the public interest has also been significant.

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Democracy and Power: Essays in Political Theory 1

Democracy, Power, and Justice: Essays in Political Theory

Liberty and Justice: Essays in Political Theory 2

Justice As Impartiality (Oxford Political Theory)

Justice As Impartiality (Oxford Political Theory)

The Liberal Theory of Justice. A Critical Examination of the Principal Doctrines in A Theory Of Justice by John Rawls

Sociologists, Economists, and Democracy

Sociologists, Economists, and Democracy (Midway Reprint)

Political Argument (Routledge Revivals)

Political Argument (Routledge Revivals)