Description
Book SynopsisA collection of essays that discuss the writings of Carole Pateman and her theories of democracy and feminism.
Trade Review“An impressive collection of essays from many of the leading social and political theorists writing today. The essays develop important new arguments and compose a fitting tribute to Carole Pateman, whose work has had such a major impact, and who offers here a fine afterword.”
—Virginia Held,Graduate School, City University of New York
“It is difficult to imagine the terrain of recent work in democratic theory without the contributions of Carole Pateman. In this volume some of our most important contemporary theorists take up Pateman’s critique of the politics of consent. The conversation that unfolds illuminates and refines not only Pateman’s own work but more general concerns about the relationship between power and meaningful consent. An outstanding collection of essays.”
—Julie Anne White,Ohio University
“These essays celebrate, challenge, and apply the significant contributions of Carole Pateman to the field of political theory.”
—P. Currah Choice
“These papers make a welcome contribution to the explication, expansion, and interpretation of Pateman’s views. The authors really do engage with Pateman’s philosophy; they don’t simply free-associate with key words in her writing. The essays genuinely honor her contributions to political theory and the defense of a practical political agenda.”
—Ruth Sample Social Theory and Practice
Table of ContentsContents
Preface
Introduction
Daniel I. O’Neill, Mary Lyndon Shanley, and Iris Marion Young
Part I. Liberalism and Contract
1. Carole Pateman: Radical Liberal?
Jane Mansbridge
2. Paradoxes of Liberal Politics: Contracts, Rights, and Consent
Moira Gatens
3. The Domination Contract
Charles W. Mills
4. Human Rights and the Epistemology of Social Contract Theory
Brooke A. Ackerly
Part II. Autonomy and Consent
5. Free to Decide for Oneself
Anne Phillips
6. Women’s Work: Its Irreplaceability and Exploitabilty
Robert E. Goodin
7. A Democratic Defense of Universal Basic Income
Michael Goodhart
III. Democracy, Political Participation, and Welfare
8. Participation Revisited: Carole Pateman vs. Joseph Schumpeter
Alan Ryan
9. Participation, Deliberation, and We-thinking
Philip Pettit
10. Deliberative Democracy, Subordination, and the Welfare State
John Medearis
Afterword
Carole Pateman
List of Contributors
Index
