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Philippe Van Parijs is one of the world''s leading political philosophers. In this book, he argues that the purpose of democracy should be to promote justice - we need not just democracy (in the sense of unqualified democracy) but a just democracy. Machiavelli and Rawls must be brought together. In a series of provocative and timely essays, he explores what creating such a just democratic political system would involve in order to tackle such issues as intergenerational justice, multiculturalism and linguistic diversity. He illustrates his arguments with examples drawn from the European Union and his native Belgium.

Just Democracy: The Rawls-Machiavelli Programme

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      Publisher ECPR Press
      Published 1 May 2011
      ISBN-13 9781907301148
      978-1907301148
      ISBN-10 1907301143
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      Democracy Left-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements

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      Book Synopsis
      Philippe Van Parijs is one of the world''s leading political philosophers. In this book, he argues that the purpose of democracy should be to promote justice - we need not just democracy (in the sense of unqualified democracy) but a just democracy. Machiavelli and Rawls must be brought together. In a series of provocative and timely essays, he explores what creating such a just democratic political system would involve in order to tackle such issues as intergenerational justice, multiculturalism and linguistic diversity. He illustrates his arguments with examples drawn from the European Union and his native Belgium.

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