Democratic rights (Record no. 33456)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 02056 a2200205 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0691119708 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780691119700 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 321.8 |
| Item number | BRD |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Brettschneider, Corey |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Democratic rights |
| Sub Title | : the substance of self-government |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Corey Brettschneider |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Princeton: |
| Name of publisher | Princeton University Press, |
| Year of publication | 2007. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | x, 192p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | HB |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | When the Supreme Court in 2003 struck down a Texas law prohibiting homosexual sodomy, it cited the right to privacy based on the guarantee of "substantive due process" embodied by the Constitution. But did the court act undemocratically by overriding the rights of the majority of voters in Texas? Scholars often point to such cases as exposing a fundamental tension between the democratic principle of majority rule and the liberal concern to protect individual rights. Democratic Rights challenges this view by showing that, in fact, democracy demands many of these rights. Corey Brettschneider argues that ideal democracy is comprised of three core values--political autonomy, equality of interests, and reciprocity--with both procedural and substantive implications. These values entitle citizens not only to procedural rights of participation (e.g., electing representatives) but also to substantive rights that a "pure procedural" democracy might not protect. What are often seen as distinctly liberal substantive rights to privacy, property, and welfare can, then, be understood within what Brettschneider terms a "value theory of democracy." Drawing on the work of John Rawls and deliberative democrats such as J?Habermas, he demonstrates that such rights are essential components of--rather than constraints on--an ideal democracy. Thus, while defenders of the democratic ideal rightly seek the power of all to participate, they should also demand the rights that are the substance of self-government. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Eng |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Civil rights |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | citizenship |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Democracy. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Price effective from | Permanent Location | Not for loan | Date acquired | Koha item type | Accession Number | Lost status | Damaged status | Shelving location | Withdrawn status | Current Location | Full call number |
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| 2016-04-22 | Central Library AIOU Islamabad | 2009-05-02 | Books | 112221 | General Stacks | Central Library AIOU Islamabad | 321.8 BRD |