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Author Muller, Julian

Title Capitalizing on Political Disagreement : the Case for Polycentric Democracy
Published Milton : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (234 pages)
Series Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy Ser
Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy Ser
Contents Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Disagreement leads to friction and conflict; Escaping modus vivendi; An overview; Fast track; Part I Escaping modus vivendi; 1 The model: debating friends; 1.1 What is a modus vivendi?; 1.2 Why does a modus vivendi obtain?; 1.3 What counts as a successful escape?; 2 Rawls: property-owning democracy; 2.1 Interpreting modus vivendi; 2.2 Solving modus vivendi; 2.3 RoCD Test; 3 Gutmann and Thompson: deliberative democracy; 3.1 Interpreting modus vivendi
3.2 Solving modus vivendi3.3 RoCD Test; 4 Buchanan: the neoliberal state; 4.1 Interpreting modus vivendi; 4.2 Solving modus vivendi; 4.3 RoCD Test; 5 Escaping modus vivendi: summary; Part II How to make use of diversity?; 6 Diversity: nuisance or asset?; 6.1 The deliberative paradigm; 6.2 The polycentric paradigm; 7 Deliberation and the gains of diversity; 7.1 Deliberation and diversity; 7.2 The limits of deliberation; 7.3 Conclusion: the conservative bias of deliberation; 8 Polycentric paradigm; 8.1 Polycentric search; 8.2 Two polycentric systems: market and science
8.3 How polycentrism solves the problems of expert deliberationPart III Polycentric democracy; 9 A polycentric political order; 9.1 An outline of polycentric democracy; 9.2 The building blocks of polycentric democracy; 9.3 Implementation of political polycentrism; 10 The argument for polycentric democracy; 10.1 Interpreting modus vivendi; 10.2 Solving modus vivendi; 10.3 The Amelioration Argument; 10.4 Unblocking Utopia Argument; 10.5 The feasibility and stability of polycentric democracy; 10.6 Objections and rejoinders; 11 Concluding remarks; 11.1 Part I: escaping modus vivendi
11.2 Part II: how to make use of diversity?11.1 Part III: polycentric democracy; References; Index
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ISBN 9781315391014
1315391015