Book description
Property-Owning Democracy: Rawls and Beyond
features a collection of original essays that represent the first
extended treatment of political philosopher John Rawls' idea of a
property-owning democracy.
- Offers new and essential insights into Rawls's idea of
"property-owning democracy"
- Addresses the proposed political and economic institutions and
policies which Rawls's theory would require
- Considers radical alternatives to existing forms of capitalism
- Provides a major contribution to debates among progressive
policymakers and activists about the programmatic direction
progressive politics should take in the near future
Martin O'Neill is Lecturer in Political Philosophy in the
Department of Politics at the University of York. He has previously
been Hallsworth Research Fellow in Political Economy at the University
of Manchester, a Research Fellow in Philosophy and Politics at St
John's College, University of Cambridge, and a Hoover Fellow in
Economic and Social Ethics at the Université catholique de Louvain. He
is co-editor (with Shepley Orr) of a forthcoming book, Taxation and
Political Philosophy.
Thad Williamson is Associate Professor of Leadership Studies
and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law, University of Richmond.
He is the author of Sprawl, Justice and Citizenship: The Civic
Costs of the American Way of Life, co-author (with Gar
Alperovitz and David Imbroscio) of Making a Place for Community:
Local Democracy in a Global Era, and co-editor (with Douglas
Hicks) of the upcoming Leadership and Global Justice.
