The Meaning of Partisanship
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0199684170
ISBN-13
9780199684175
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 6th, 2016
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
532 grams
Dimensions
24.50 x 23.10 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Social & political philosophyHistory of ideasPolitical science & theoryComparative politics
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This volume explores the questions of what a political party is and what counts as political partisanship, drawing upon modern political thought and extending it in the light of contemporary democratic theory and practice.
For a century at least, parties have been central to the study of politics. Yet their typical conceptual reduction to a network of power-seeking elites has left many to wonder why parties were ever thought crucial to democracy. This book seeks to retrieve a richer conception of partisanship, drawing on modern political thought and extending it in the light of contemporary democratic theory and practice. Looking beyond the party as organization, the book develops an original account of what it is to be a partisan. It examines the ideas, orientations, obligations, and practices constitutive of partisanship properly understood, and how these intersect with the core features of democratic life. Such an account serves to underline in distinctive fashion why democracy needs its partisans, and puts in relief some of the key trends of contemporary politics.
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