Why Democracy Needs Public Goods

Angela Kallhoff (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

172 Seiten

2011
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-5100-6 (ISBN)

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Why Democracy Needs Public Goods presents a new theoretical perspective on public goods based on a framework of political philosophy. Angela Kallhoff responds to negative narratives on public goods that point out their role in causing market failures, their cost on public finance and in regulation, and their irregular and sometimes negative effects on social interaction. She instead provides a normative approach arguing for their role in supporting democracies at critical points by providing the basis for a public forum through public space and infrastructure, improving social inclusion through public healthcare and education, and fostering a sense of national identity. This book also features a comprehensive description of other arguments and theoretical approaches to public goods, as well as assessing the classical economic approach of collective action theory and counter arguments from the so-called libertarian camp. Kallhoff also analyzes the problems of regulatory frameworks and the normative issues resulting from the need to support by means of public finance. These perspectives will be most significant to political philosophers and policymakers, though the language used and the examples given will make Kallhoff's arguments comprehensible to non-experts as well.

Angela Kallhoff is professor of ethics and applied ethics at the University of Vienna, Austria.

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introducing Public Goods Chapter 3 Theoretical Background Chapter 4 Problems of Supply Reconsidered Chapter 5 Generating the Public Chapter 6 Claims for Social Justice Chapter 7 Political Self-Determination Chapter 8 Conditions of a Reasonable Pluralism Chapter 9 A Reply to Libertarians Chapter 10 Conclusion

Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 241 mm
Gewicht	431 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Rechnungswesen / Bilanzen
	Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre ► Immobilienwirtschaft
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10	0-7391-5100-2 / 0739151002
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-5100-6 / 9780739151006
Zustand	Neuware