Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
Critically examining conceptions of freedom of some of the leading contemporary philosophers from Isaiah Berlin to Charles Taylor, Hans Blokland explores the value and significance that freedom has acquired on our political consciousness. He looks specifically at: * positive and negative freedom *...
Published March 12th 1997 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
Corruption arises from the collusion of economic and political elites, a practice that has developed in order to overcome the contradiction of two important processes of our time: capitalism and democracy. In this new study of the phenomenon, the author shows how corruption is the practice of...
Published February 12th 1997 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
Through detailed case studies, the contributors look at conflicts in social science arguing that they must be resolved at the level of the individual discipline rather than at the level of philosopy. They explore different ways in which social scientists deal with the tension of being...
Published September 4th 1996 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
This book offers a distinctive treatment of Hayek's ideas, as a "research programme". It presents a detailed account of aspects of Hayek's intellectual development and of problems that arise within his work, and then offers some broad suggestions as to ways in which the programme initiated in his...
Published September 4th 1996 by Routledge
