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OverviewHow should politicians act? When should they try to lead public opinion and when should they follow it? Should politicians see themselves as experts whose opinions have a greater authority than other people's, or as participants in a common dialogue with ordinary citizens? When do virtues like toleration and willingness deteriorate into moral weakness? In this work, Andrew answers these questions by exploring what a democratic policy needs from its leaders. He concludes that there are systematic, principled reasons for the holders of divergent political offices or roles to act differently. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Andrew SablPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.652kg ISBN: 9780691088303ISBN 10: 0691088306 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 24 February 2002 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Replaced By: 9781400825004 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsThis is a significant, highly original, and interesting contribution to our understanding of political ethics. The author displays a mastery of a large theoretical literature, which he brings to bear in a restrained way to shed light on the ethical obligations of politicians. -Joseph Bessette, Alice Tweed Tuohy Professor of Government and Ethics, Claremont-McKenna College This book is an extraordinary achievement. It is brilliantly conceived and executed, closely argued and erudite, sensitive to textual and political nuance and lucid even at its most inventive and sophisticated. . . . Particular discussions of thinkers, actors and issues are as original as the architecture of the work as a whole. Thus one learns something significant not only about Rousseau, Tocqueville, Madison, Frances Williard, Martin Luther King, Saul Alinsky, and Everett Dirksen, but about larger issues such as what Sabl calls democratic constancy, philosophy and politics, theory and institutions. Many of the book's formulations are memorable, almost all are provocative in ways that stimulate reflection. There is much to argue with in this book, but every argument is one worth having. -Peter Euben, author of Corrupting Youth and The Tragedy of Political Theory Author InformationAndrew Sabl is Assistant Professor of Policy Studies at UCLA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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