Pragmatist Democracy: Evolutionary Learning as Public Philosophy

Christopher K. Ansell

ISBN 10: 0199772444 / ISBN 13: 9780199772445

Published by Oxford University Press, Great Britain, 2011

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Barack Obama is often lauded as a 'pragmatist,' yet when most people employ the term, they mean it in the vaguest sense: that he's practical and willing to compromise to get things done. However, the public philosophy of pragmatism, which has been the subject of a rich revival in the past couple of decades, is far more than this. First developed in the late nineteenth century, pragmatism is primarily a way of thinking--an anti-dualist philosophy that attempts to overcome the dichotomies between self and object, nature and culture, mind and body, theory and practice, and fact and value. When applied to governance, pragmatists advocate the use of tactics like third party mediation and problem-solving to achieve anti-dualist principles: cosmopolitan localism, analytical holism, progressive conservatism, and processual structuralism. 280 pages. Inscription to previous owner on front endpaper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Politics::Political Science; Politics & Government; ISBN/EAN: 9780199772445. Inventory No: 273920.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pragmatist Democracy: Evolutionary Learning as Public Philosophy
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Great Britain
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199772444
• ISBN 13: 9780199772445
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Politics::Political Science

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Synopsis

Argues for a new "problem-solving democracy," where public agencies build consent for public policy by engaging the public in active problem-solving

About the Author

Christopher Ansell is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California-Berkeley.