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Freedom is power : liberty through political representation
- Title
- Freedom is power : liberty through political representation / Lawrence Hamilton.
- Author
- Hamilton, Lawrence, 1972-
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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Details
- Description
- x, 231 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Using the history of political thought and real world political contexts, including South Africa and the recent global financial crisis, this book argues that power is integral to freedom. It demonstrates how freedom depends upon power, and contends that liberty for all citizens is best maintained if conceived as power through political representation. Against those who depoliticize freedom through a romantic conception of 'the people' and faith in supposedly independent judicial and political institutions, Lawrence Hamilton argues that real modern freedom can only be achieved through representative and participative mechanisms that limit domination and empower classes and groups who become disempowered in the conflicts that inevitably pervade politics. This is a sophisticated contribution to contemporary political theory that will be of interest to scholars and students of history, politics, philosophy, economics, sociology, development studies and southern African studies"--
- Series Statement
- Contemporary political theory
- Uniform Title
- Contemporary political theory.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-219) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. Freedom from politics -- 2. Freedom through politics -- 3. Power, domination and human needs -- 4. Real modern freedom -- 5. Freedom and representation -- 6. Can and ought our political representatives control the economy? -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-6596
- ISBN
- 9781107062962
- 1107062969
- LCCN
- 2013049907
- 40024173249
- OCLC
- 867424097
- Author
- Hamilton, Lawrence, 1972-
- Title
- Freedom is power : liberty through political representation / Lawrence Hamilton.
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Contemporary political theoryContemporary political theory.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-219) and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40024173249
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-6596