Contemporary Political Theory

`Colin Farrelly has gathered together in one volume several of the key texts that have shaped recent developments in political theory. The structure of the book reflects that of many courses offering surveys of recent debates between liberals and their critics. It is an excellent teaching resource' -

PART ONE: EGALITARIAN-LIBERALISMJustice as Fairness - John RawlsThe Maximin Principle - John c HarsanyiPrimary Goods Reconsidered - Richard J ArnesonEquality of What? - Alex CallinicosA Question for Egalitarians - John KekesPART TWO: LIBERTARIANISMThe Entitlement Theory of Justice - Robert NozickHow Liberty Upsets Patterns - Eric MackOn Rectification in Nozick¿s Minimal State - Robert E LitanJustice as Mutual Advantage - David GauthierA Critique of Justice as Reciprocity - Allen BuchananPART THREE: COMMUNITARIANISM The Procedural Republic and the Unencumbered Self - Michael J SandelLiberal Individualism and Liberal Neutrality - Will KymlickaComplex Equality - Michael WalzerPART FOUR: REPUBLICANISM Freedom as Antipower - Philip PettitThe Republican Critique of Liberalism - Alan PattenCosmopolitan Republicanism - James BohmanPART FIVE: FEMINISM The Public/Private Dichotomy - Susan Moller OkinThe Ideal of Community and the Politics of Difference - Iris Marion YoungRecognition or Redistribution - Nancy FraserPART SIX: DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACYThe Deliberative Model - Iris Marion YoungDeliberative Democracy Beyond Process - Amy Gutmann and Dennis ThompsonLegitimacy and Economy in Deliberative Democracy - John S DryzekPART SEVEN: MULTICULTURALISMThe Politics of Recognition - Charles TaylorEquality of Difference - Bhikhu ParekhLiberalism and Multiculturalism - Chandran Kukathas