Civil Disobedience and Deliberative Democracy.

Civil Disobedience and Deliberative Democracy.

Civil disobedience is a public, nonviolent, conscientious yet political act, contrary to law, carried out to communicate opposition to law and policy of government. This book presents a theory of civil disobedience that draws on ideas associated with deliberative democracy. This book explores the et...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, William
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Series:Routledge innovations in political theory.
Subjects:
Civil disobedience.
Deliberative democracy.
Civil disobedience
Deliberative democracy
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: a deliberative theory of civil disobedience; 1 Justice, democracy and deliberation; 2 Civil disobedience against injustice; 3 Civil disobedience against deliberative inertia; 4 Civil disobedience as a moral right; 5 Civil disobedience and the state; Conclusion: civil disobedience as democratic practice; Notes; References; Index.

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