Towards a Social Democratic Theory of the State
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Political Studies
- Vol. 35 (4) , 537-551
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9248.1987.tb00204.x
Abstract
The paper attempts two tasks. The first is to provide a characterization of the social democratic approach which sets it in contrast to liberal democratic theories. This is pursued by contrasting the different interpretations of the ideal of equal respect which are associated with the two approaches. The second task is to establish that the social democratic approach is, if not clearly superior, at least worth considering further. This task is pursued by the attempt to vindicate three assumptions which the social democratic approach must make about the state.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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