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Democracy Realized: The Progressive Alternative PDF

326 Pages·1998·7.69 MB·English
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JC423.U4199 98 321.8-dc21 98-30216 CIP TypesbeytS etSystLetmdsS, a ffroWna lden PrintbeydB iddiLetsd G,u ildfaonrddK ingLsy nn CONTENTS I AN ARGUMENT 1 DEMOCRATIC EXPERIMENTALISM IN TROUBLE 3 WHAT ISD EMOCRATIC EXPERIMENTALISM? 5 Practipcraolg reasnsdi ndivideumaaln cipation 5 Democraetxipce rimentaanldio srmd inapreyo ple 10 Institutiinonnoavla tion 16 Falsnee cessaintday l ternaptliuvrea lisms 20 Plaonf t heb ook 27 VANGUARDS AND REARGUARDS 30 Thei deoaf t heh ierarcdhiisctarli bouftp iroond uction 30 Vanguardpirsotd uctdieofinn ed 32 Fourt ypicsailt uations 35 Compensatoirno gv ercomtihnegd ivisbieotnw een vanguaarndd r earguard 40 THREE PROGRAMS FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF FIRMS 41 Them anagerpiraolg raomfi ndustrreinaolv ation 41 Thes ocial-demorcersaptoincs e 44 Ther adical-demaolctreartniact ive 48 v Vl CONTENTS NEOLIBERALISM AND ITSD ISCONTENTS 52 Neoliberadleifisnme d 52 Fromt hem icrtoo t hem acrof;r omt her iccho untrtiote hse worladt l arge 58 Thef alnseec essoifct oym parataidvvea ntage 63 Theu nstabrleel atbieotnw eenne olibeecroanlo miacnsd neolibpeorlailt ics 6 7 Thes earfcohra lternattoin veeosl iberianlt ihserm i ch countries 72 Thes earfcohar l ternattoin veeosl iberianlt ihsem developcionugn tries 79 Thes eatosfr esistatnhcele a:r gmea rginalciozuendt ries 84 Natiorneablea llniidon nt ernoartgiaonniazla tion8 4 Russia 89 China 105 Brazil 112 A PROGRESSIVE ALTERNATIVE 133 Two stagoefsa na lternative 133 Thee arlpyr ogratma:x atisoanv,i nagn,di nvestment 139 Taxatrieodne signed 139 Pensrieofonr m 148 Savianngpd r oduction 150 Thee arlpyr ograwma:g easn dw elfare 163 Redistrsiobcpuiotalilaiv nceidy n stitiuntnioovnaatli o1n6 3 Thpea rticoifwp aagtieinnso a nt iionncaolm e 169 Frecea piatnuadnfrl e lea btohrie:n terncaotnitooeftnx hatel committmohe enitgt hhtweea ngt ea fkreo nma tional1 75i ncome Soceinatli tlaenmsdeo ncaticsat li on 182 Thee arlpyr ogracmo:o rdinadteicoenn tralized 187 Twot astkhsme:o biliozfsa atviifoonrnig nsv esatnmtdeh net difufsioofvn a nguardist practices1 87 CONTENTS Vll Antiexperimiellnutsailoinsst 188 Examplaensdw arningnsa:t iognoavle rnmeanntdfs a mily fo� 1� Examplaensdw arningsst:r atceogoircd inaantdhi aornd staitneN so rtEha sAts ia 191 Examplaensdw arninignsd:u strial reiontr hgreai ncihz ation countries 197 Economviacn guarrdeiosrmi ented 199 Thee arlpyr ografmr:o md emocraetdiucc attioos no cial inheritance 204 Thel atperro grarme:d istriabnudta inotni dualism 206 Earlya ndl atperro grraemdse fined 206 Ther edistrsiibduet ive 207 Thea ntidusailidset 210 Thel atperro graamd :e ependeedm ocraacnyda n emancipastcohroyo l 212 Thec onstitutoifao cncaelliesprmoa ltietdi cs 213 Theh eighteonfp ionlgi tpiacratli cipation 217 Thei ndepenodregnatn izoaftc iiovni l society 220 Thes chool 229 Thet ripglaem bloefd emocraetxipce rimentalism 235 Prograanmdr isk 235 Ther isokfi nstabsitlriotpnyog:l itwiecasgk,r oups 237 Ther isokff ailiunar gee nctyh:me i ssaignegno tfi nclusive politics 240 Ther isokfc onflbiecttw epeenr sonneaeald n dt hdee mands ofd emocratchiyed: e oaflp ersonality 246 BEYOND INSTITUTIONS 252 Nationaalnidsi mn stitutional change 252 Thep olitaincdat lh ep ersonal 254 Vlll CONTENTS II A MANIFESTO 261 THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT AND THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF ELECTORAL POLITICS 263 Firstth esOins :t heh istoorfdy e mocraitnisct itutions2 64 Secontdh esOins :t hec onstitutional aorfr angements government 264 Thirtdh esOins :t her eorganizoafet lieocnt oproalli tics 265 THE ORGANIZATION OF CIVIL SOCIETAYN D THE PROTECTION OF RIGHTS 266 Fourtthh esOins :t hec onceptoiffo unn damenrtiaglh ts 266 Fiftthh esOins :t hep rotectoiffo unn damenrtiaglh ts 268 Sixtthh esOins :t hel egoarlg anizaotfci iovnsi olc iety 269 THE ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND OF THE ECONOMY 271 Seventthhe sOins :p ublfiinca ncaen dt het axs ystem 271 Eightthh esOins :t her eforomft hep roductsiyosnt eamn d ofi trse lattioot nh es tate 272 Nintthh esOins :p roperrtiyg hts 273 DEMOCRACY AND THE LEFT 275 Tentthh esOins :w hati tm eantso b ep rogrestsoidvaey 275 Eleventthhe sOins :t hei nterpretoaftt hiedo enm ocratic cause 276 Twelftthhe sOins :t hes ocibaals oef t hep rogrespsairvtei e2s7 6 CONTENTS lX Thirteetnhtehs Oins t:h ef ocuosfi nstituitninoonvaalt ion andi deologciocnafllii cntt h ew orld 277 AN APPENDIX ON SAVING AND INVESTMENT ZhiyuCauni 279 PROPER-NAMES INDEX 289 THEMATIC INDEX 291

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A radical program of reform from a commanding political theorist. Roberto Unger is widely recognized as one of the most innovative and intellectually audacious political and legal theorists alive today. Placing himself in the tradition of "revolutionary reforms," Unger has charted a course between s
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