A political philosophy in public life :: civic republicanism in Zapatero's Spain /

This book examines an unlikely development in modern political philosophy: the adoption by a major national government of the ideas of a living political theorist. When José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero became Spain's opposition leader in 2000, he pledged that if his socialist party won power he w...

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Main Authors: Martí, José Luis, 1975- (Author), Pettit, Philip, 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
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Online Access:DE-862
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Summary:This book examines an unlikely development in modern political philosophy: the adoption by a major national government of the ideas of a living political theorist. When José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero became Spain's opposition leader in 2000, he pledged that if his socialist party won power he would govern Spain in accordance with the principles laid out in Philip Pettit's 1997 book Republicanism, which presented, as an alternative to liberalism and communitarianism, a theory of freedom and government based on the idea of nondomination.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 198 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400835058
1400835054
0691144060
9780691144061

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