| Weber, Habermas and Transformations of the European State: Constitutional, Social, and Supranational Democracy Contributor(s): McCormick, John P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 052174363X ISBN-13: 9780521743631 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Law | International |
| Dewey: 341.242 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.95 lbs) 318 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book draws on the writings of Max Weber and J rgen Habermas to trace the relationship of law and democracy in three configurations of the European state: the liberal state (or Rechtsstaat), the welfare state (Sozialstaat), and the emerging supranational polity represented by the European Union. John P. McCormick exposes the tendency of social and political theorists to reach back unreflectively to the past and outlines a new, more appropriate normative-empirical model, the supranational Sektoralstaat, for evaluating prospects for constitutional and social democracy in the EU. |
Contributor Bio(s): McCormick, John P.: - John P. McCormick is Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. |
