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A Political Philosophy in Public Life: Civic Republicanism in Zapatero´s Spain
José Luis Martí
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Paperback. Examines an unlikely development in modern political philosophy: the adoption by a major national government of the ideas of a living political theorist. This book discusses what is required of a political philosophy if it is to play the sort of public role that civic republicanism has been playing in Spain. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HPS; JPA; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
This book examines an unlikely development in modern political philosophy: the adoption by a major national government of the ideas of a living political theorist. When Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero became Spain's opposition leader in 2000, he pledged that if his socialist party won power he would govern Spain in accordance with the principles laid out in Philip Pettit's 1997 book Republicanism, which presented, as an alternative to liberalism and communitarianism, a theory of freedom and government based on the idea of nondomination. When Zapatero was elected President in 2004, he invited Pettit to Spain to give a major speech ... Read more
This book examines an unlikely development in modern political philosophy: the adoption by a major national government of the ideas of a living political theorist. When Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero became Spain's opposition leader in 2000, he pledged that if his socialist party won power he would govern Spain in accordance with the principles laid out in Philip Pettit's 1997 book Republicanism, which presented, as an alternative to liberalism and communitarianism, a theory of freedom and government based on the idea of nondomination. When Zapatero was elected President in 2004, he invited Pettit to Spain to give a major speech ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
316g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691154473
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V9780691154473
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About José Luis Martí
Jose Luis Marti is associate professor of law at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. Philip Pettit is the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Human Values at Princeton University. His books include Republicanism, A Theory of Freedom, and Made with Words (Princeton).
Reviews for A Political Philosophy in Public Life: Civic Republicanism in Zapatero´s Spain
One of New Statesman's Five Best Political and Economics Books for 2010 "This fascinating book dedicates itself to this unique exchange between the worlds of practical governance and political theory."
Choice "[W]e can thank Marti and Pettit for providing compelling evidence that contemporary political philosophy is as capable of inspiring those who are active in the public square as it is ... Read more
Choice "[W]e can thank Marti and Pettit for providing compelling evidence that contemporary political philosophy is as capable of inspiring those who are active in the public square as it is ... Read more