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Passions and constraint : on the theory of liberal democracy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holmes, Stephen, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Liberalism.
Democracy.
Table of Contents:
  • The Liberal idea
  • The Secret history of self-interest
  • Hobbes's irrational man
  • The Constitution of sovereignty in Jean Bodin
  • Precommitment and the paradox of democracy
  • The Positive constitutionalism of John Stuart Mill
  • Gag rules or the politics of omission
  • Welfare and the liberal conscience.