Peter, Fabienne (2009) Democratic Legitimacy. Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought . New York, USA: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-33282-8

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Description This book offers a systematic treatment of the requirements of democratic legitimacy. It argues that democratic procedures are essential for political legitimacy because of the need to respect value pluralism and because of the learning process that democratic decision-making enables. It proposes a framework for distinguishing among the different ways in which the requirements of democratic legitimacy have been interpreted. Peter then uses this framework to identify and defend what appears as the most plausible conception of democratic legitimacy. According to this conception, democratic legitimacy requires that the decision-making process satisfies certain conditions of political and epistemic fairness.

Item Type:	Book
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics J Political Science > JC Political theory
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy
Series Name:	Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
Publisher:	Routledge
Place of Publication:	New York, USA
ISBN:	978-0-415-33282-8
Date:	January 2009
Number of Pages:	164
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/50779

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