ABSTRACT
In Liberalism and Pluralism the author explores the challenges conflicting values, interests and identities pose to liberal democracy. Richard Bellamy illustrates his criticism and proposals by reference to such topical issues as the citizens charter, constitutional reform, the Rushdie affair and the development of the European Union.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |13 pages
Introduction: the challenge of pluralism
part I|75 pages
Liberal democracy and the exclusion of politics
chapter 1|25 pages
Trading values: Hayek and the dethronement of politics by markets
chapter 2|25 pages
Trimming values: Rawls and the constitutional avoidance of politics
chapter 3|23 pages
Segregating values: Walzer and the communitarian containment of politics
part II|50 pages
Democratic liberalism and the politics of compromise
chapter 4|22 pages
Negotiating values: from consensus to compromise
part III|69 pages
Pluralism, liberalism and democracy in Britain
