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Title: Justice and Democracy
Condition: New
Subtitle: A Progressive Agenda for the Twenty-First Century
Author: Mike Berry
Format: Hardback
Type: Hardback
ISBN-10: 1800370903
EAN: 9781800370906
ISBN: 9781800370906
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Genre: Business & Finance
Topic: Law & Politics, Philosophy & Spirituality
Release Date: 15/06/2021
Description: This visionary book seeks to uncover the main barriers to achieving greater social justice in existing twenty-first century capitalism. Developing a comprehensive consequentialist theory of justice applied to today’s global situation, Mike Berry adopts the thesis that, in order to move towards a more just world, the weaknesses of liberal democracy must be overcome through reconstructing robust, resilient social democracies.

Arguing for the necessary interrelation of justice and democracy, the book presents a detailed analysis of the development of and threats to western democracy in the current phase of global capitalism. Chapters offer a progressive case for a reconstructed social democracy, rather than piecemeal reform of existing liberal democratic regimes. Berry examines how the oligarchic trajectory of capitalism must be stymied through radical institutional change and continual monitoring. The book concludes that this is a continuing political project, calling for new modes of mobilisation and the ecological emergence of new values and world views.

Introducing the critical role of uncertainty and the relevance of real time to the question of progress defined as increasing justice, this book will be critical reading for scholars and students of political philosophy, political economy and public policy. It will also be beneficial for progressive policy makers and advisers questioning existing policy platforms and settings.

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