Description: Using the history of political thought and real-world political contexts, including South Africa and the recent global financial crisis, this book argues that power is integral to freedom. It demonstrates how freedom depends upon power, and contends that liberty for all citizens is best maintained if conceived as power through political representation. Against those who de-politicise freedom through a romantic conception of 'the people' and faith in supposedly independent judicial and political institutions, Lawrence Hamilton argues that real modern freedom can only be achieved through representative and participative mechanisms that limit domination and empower classes and groups who become disempowered in the conflicts that inevitably pervade politics. This is a sophisticated contribution to contemporary political theory that will be of interest to scholars and students of history, politics, philosophy, economics, sociology, development studies and Southern African studies.
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EAN: 9781107062962
UPC: 9781107062962
ISBN: 9781107062962
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Book Title: Freedom is Power: Liberty Through Political Repres
Item Length: 22.9 cm
Number of Pages: 244 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Freedom Is Power: Liberty Through Political Representation
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2014
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 500 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Lawrence Hamilton
Subject Area: Political Science
Item Width: 150 mm
Format: Hardcover
