Contemporary Political Theory

Contemporary Political Theory: A Reader provides an accessible introduction to the key works of major contemporary political theorists. Key theorists and writers include John Rawls, Robert Nozick, Michael Walzer, Michael Sandel, Susan Okin, Will Kymlicka, Iris Marion Young, Charles Taylor, Nancy Fraser and John Dryzek.

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PART ONE: EGALITARIAN-LIBERALISM
Justice as Fairness - John Rawls
The Maximin Principle - John c Harsanyi
Primary Goods Reconsidered - Richard J Arneson
Equality of What? - Alex Callinicos
A Question for Egalitarians - John Kekes
PART TWO: LIBERTARIANISM
The Entitlement Theory of Justice - Robert Nozick
How Liberty Upsets Patterns - Eric Mack
On Rectification in Nozick s Minimal State - Robert E Litan
Justice as Mutual Advantage - David Gauthier
A Critique of Justice as Reciprocity - Allen Buchanan
PART THREE: COMMUNITARIANISM
The Procedural Republic and the Unencumbered Self - Michael J Sandel
Liberal Individualism and Liberal Neutrality - Will Kymlicka
Complex Equality - Michael Walzer
PART FOUR: REPUBLICANISM
Freedom as Antipower - Philip Pettit
The Republican Critique of Liberalism - Alan Patten
Cosmopolitan Republicanism - James Bohman
PART FIVE: FEMINISM
The Public/Private Dichotomy - Susan Moller Okin
The Ideal of Community and the Politics of Difference - Iris Marion Young
Recognition or Redistribution - Nancy Fraser
PART SIX: DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY
The Deliberative Model - Iris Marion Young
Deliberative Democracy Beyond Process - Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson
Legitimacy and Economy in Deliberative Democracy - John S Dryzek
PART SEVEN: MULTICULTURALISM
The Politics of Recognition - Charles Taylor
Equality of Difference - Bhikhu Parekh
Liberalism and Multiculturalism - Chandran Kukathas