Democratic Autonomy: Public Reasoning about the Ends of Policy (Oxford Political Theory) by Henry S. Richardson

Democratic Autonomy: Public Reasoning about the Ends of Policy (Oxford Political Theory)



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Democratic Autonomy: Public Reasoning about the Ends of Policy (Oxford Political Theory) Henry S. Richardson
Language: English
Page: 328
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0195150902, 9780195150902
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"Democratic Autonomy offers a sophisticated, closely argued account of democratic reasoning, both as a norm and as institutional practice. Richardson shows that we can hope to bridge even deep disagreements over ends through a process of principled compromise. He rebuts the naive view that legislatures delegate only narrow technical questions of means to administrative agencies. The author demonstrates that if we are serious about democracy, we must find ways of extending effective citizen participation into arenas now dominated by bureaucratic rule-making. This book is a must for all readers interested in the theory and practice of modern democracy."--William A. Galston, Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland

"In Democratic Autonomy Richardson applies his important work about deliberative practical reasoning and the "specification of ends" to a major problem in democratic theory and practice: How can a modern society that must depend on the expertise of administrative agencies still be a democracy, characterized by genuine self-rule? Written in a clear and accessible style, the book should be required reading, not only for theorists of democracy and public choice, but also for policy makers and legislators."--Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, University of Chicago

"This wonderful book articulates an ideal of democratic rule grounded in the republican tradition of thought; details the practice of deliberation - incorporating a division of deliberative labour - that this ideal requires; and then illustrates the shape that this practice would dictate for every aspect of government, from the electoral to the bureaucratic. It is a fresh and invigorating contribution to democratic theory and deserves to have a transforming effect on the subject."--Philip Pettit, Princeton University

"This is a stunningly good book. Professor Richardson has enriched Democratic Autonomy with more concrete detail and a better-informed apprehension of how the modern administrative state actually functions, than one finds in most works of political philosophy. It is still philosophy, however, but in the best sense - a finely crafted rigorous argument about deliberation, freedom, and collective decision-procedures. As a result, it offers a more convincing vindication of the idea of popular self-government for modern society than any work of democratic theory published in recent years."-- Jeremy Waldron, Maurice and Hilda Friedman Professor of Law, and Director of the Center for Law and Philosophy, Columbia Law School

"Democratic Autonomy offers a sophisticated, closely argued account of democratic reasoning, both as a norm and as institutional practice. Richardson shows that we can hope to bridge even deep disagreements over ends through a process of principled compromise. He rebuts the naive view that legislatures delegate only narrow technical questions of means to administrative agencies. The author demonstrates that if we are serious about democracy, we must find ways of extending effective citizen participation into arenas now dominated by bureaucratic rule-making. This book is a must for all readers interested in the theory and practice of modern democracy."--William A. Galston, Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland and author of Liberal Pluralism

"In Democratic Autonomy Richardson applies his important work about deliberative practical reasoning and the "specification of ends" to a major problem in democratic theory and practice: How can a modern society that must depend on the expertise of administrative agencies still be a democracy, characterized by genuine self-rule? Written in a clear and accessible style, the book should be required reading, not only for theorists of democracy and public choice, but also for policy makers and legislators."--Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, University of Chicago and author of Upheavals of Thought

"This wonderful book articulates an ideal of democratic rule grounded in the republican tradition of thought; details the practice of deliberation - incorporating a division of deliberative labour - that this ideal requires; and then illustrates the shape that this practice would dictate for every aspect of government, from the electoral to the bureaucratic. It is a fresh and invigorating contribution to democratic theory and deserves to have a transforming effect on the subject."--Philip Pettit, Princeton University and author of Rules, Reasons, and Norms

"This is a stunningly good book. Professor Richardson has enriched Democratic Autonomy with more concrete detail and a better-informed apprehension of how the modern administrative state actually functions, than one finds in most works of political philosophy. It is still philosophy, however, but in the best sense - a finely crafted rigorous argument about deliberation, freedom, and collective decision-procedures. As a result, it offers a more convincing vindication of the idea of popular self-government for modern society than any work of democratic theory published in recent years."-- Jeremy Waldron, Maurice and Hilda Friedman Professor of Law, and Director of the Center for Law and Philosophy, Columbia Law School and author of Law and Disagreement

About the Author

Henry S. Richardson, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University.

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