The future of democracy: A defence of the rules of the game

Politics & Social Sciences

Norberto Bobbio

Richard Bellamy

Politics & Government

Polity Press

In this volume Norberto Bobbio examines some of the central themes of political theory and presents a systematic exposition of his views. With great astuteness and profound scholarship, Bobbio unfolds the elements for a general theory of politics. Bobbio's wide-ranging argument is focused on four themes: the distinction between the public and the private; the concept of civil society; differing conceptions of the state and differing ways of understanding the legitimacy of state power; and the relation between democracy and dictatorship. Bobbio's discussion draws on a wealth of theoretical and historical material, from Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes and Locke to Marx, Weber, Habermas and Foucault. By analysing the development of different languages of politics in relation to changing social and historical contexts, Bobbio deepens our understanding of the concepts we use to describe and evaluate modern political systems.

Democracy and Dictatorship

Left and Right: The Significance of Political Distinction

Liberalism and Democracy

Liberalism and democracy have long been assumed to exist in a complementary relationship, if not always an entirely easy one. This book scrupulously investigates the reason for this alliance and the sources of its tensions, providing a lucid and succinct introduction to some of the subject’s central concepts and concerns.

Martin Ryle

Philosophy

Verso Books

<p>El interés central de este estudio está puesto en las antítesis entre sociedad civil y Estado, democracia y dictadura. Bobbio repasa el pensamiento jurídico-político sobre las nociones de gobierno y Estado desde la Grecia clásica y la Edad Media hasta el marxismo, el funcionalismo y la teoría de sistemas.</p>

Estado, gobierno y sociedad. Por una teoría general de la política (Breviarios) (Spanish Edition)

FONDO DE CULTURA ECONOMICA*

Thomas Hobbes (Em Portuguese do Brasil)

CAMPUS

Estado, Governo, Sociedade

PAZ E TERRA

Teoria generale della politica

GIULIO EINAUDI EDITORE

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