This book offers a systematic treatment of democratic legitimacy, interpreted as a distinct normative concept. It defends the view that democratic legitimacy requires that decisions are made in a process that is politically and epistemically fair.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2008-12-15
Language: English
Number of Pages: 176
Edition: 1
Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind ..