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OverviewHow should a liberal democracy respond to hate groups and others that oppose the ideal of free and equal citizenship? The democratic state faces the hard choice of either protecting the rights of hate groups and allowing their views to spread, or banning their views and violating citizens' rights to freedoms of expression, association, and religion. Avoiding the familiar yet problematic responses to these issues, political theorist Corey Brettschneider proposes a new approach called value democracy. The theory of value democracy argues that the state should protect the right to express illiberal beliefs, but the state should also engage in democratic persuasion when it speaks through its various expressive capacities: publicly criticizing, and giving reasons to reject, hate-based or other discriminatory viewpoints. Distinguishing between two kinds of state action--expressive and coercive--Brettschneider contends that public criticism of viewpoints advocating discrimination based on race, gender, or sexual orientation should be pursued through the state's expressive capacities as speaker, educator, and spender.When the state uses its expressive capacities to promote the values of free and equal citizenship, it engages in democratic persuasion. By using democratic persuasion, the state can both respect rights and counter hateful or discriminatory viewpoints. Brettschneider extends this analysis from freedom of expression to the freedoms of religion and association, and he shows that value democracy can uphold the protection of these freedoms while promoting equality for all citizens. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Corey BrettschneiderPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9780691171296ISBN 10: 0691171297 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 31 May 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction Averting Two Dystopias An Introduction to Value Democracy 1 Chapter One The Principle of Public Relevance and Democratic Persuasion Value Democracy's Two Guiding Ideas 24 Chapter Two Publicly Justifiable Privacy and Reflective Revision by Citizens 51 Chapter Three When the State Speaks, What Should It Say? Democratic Persuasion and the Freedom of Expression 71 Chapter Four Democratic Persuasion and State Subsidy 109 Chapter Five Religious Freedom and the Reasons for Rights 142 Conclusion Value Democracy at Home and Abroad 168 Notes 175 Bibliography 199 Index 207Reviews[T]his book's argument is very strong, and its attention to anticipating and rebutting objections is both exceptional and laudable. When the State Speaks is likely to become the standard political-liberal treatise on the ways in which a democratic state should treat inegalitarian viewpoints--no small achievement given the persistence and quality of debates in this area. --Andrew Sabl, Perspectives on Politics This stimulating and carefully argued book makes a substantial contribution to the debate over how liberal states should respond to illiberal groups within their borders. The topic is timely and important, and even readers who disagree with Corey Brettschneider's positions will find that his arguments repay close attention. --David McCabe, Political Science Quarterly This is a really good book. Brettschneider's When the State Speaks is both provocative and persuasive, resolving a stubborn conflict within democratic theory in a way many will initially reject, but which he argues for so effectively that, by the end, the controversial appears the commonsensical... [T]his is a useful book, clearly written and well-argued. It is a great addition to political theory. --Sarah Conly, Res Publica I strongly recommend this book. It deserves serious reflection and critical discussion. --John A. Dick, Ethical Perspectives Brettschneider's [book] ... is a carefully argued and coherent defense of the American approach, a defense more thoughtful, more internally consistent, and more connected with the relevant philosophical literature than will ever plausibly be located in a judicial opinion. His connection of issues about government speech with the political theory literature on neutrality is innovative, analytically deep, and careful, and his discussion of free speech theory and doctrine, while less innovative, is nevertheless rigorous, accurate, and well aimed at exactly the target of his interest. --Frederick Schauer, Political Theory Author InformationCorey Brettschneider is associate professor of political science and associate professor, by courtesy, of philosophy at Brown University. He is the author of Democratic Rights: The Substance of Self-Government (Princeton). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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