Politics and capital : auctioning the American dream /

Using both theoretical methods and practical political analysis, this book shows how recent Supreme Court decisions and campaign finance regulations map onto a pernicious and growing inequality in America. John Attanasio puts forward a novel solution grounded in a new principle of personal autonomy....

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Main Author: Attanasio, John (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Using both theoretical methods and practical political analysis, this book shows how recent Supreme Court decisions and campaign finance regulations map onto a pernicious and growing inequality in America. John Attanasio puts forward a novel solution grounded in a new principle of personal autonomy. The solution Attanasio proposes is the principle of ""distributive autonomy, "" sharply contrasting it with the individualism of modern libertarian ideas, which have given rise to the radical inequality that reduces, rather than enhances, autonomy. A profound synthesis of theory and practice, Politi.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 286 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190847036
0190847034
9780190847050
0190847050