Democracy and Difference: Contesting the Boundaries of the Political (Princeton Paperbacks)

The global trend toward democratization of the last two decades has been accompanied by the resurgence of various politics of ''identity/difference.'' From nationalist and ethnic revivals in the countries of east and central Europe to the former Soviet Union, to the politics of cultural separatism in Canada, and to social movement politics in liberal western-democracies, the negotiation of identity/difference has become a challenge to democracies everywhere. This volume brings together a group of distinguished thinkers who rearticulate and reconsider the foundations of democratic theory and practice in the light of the politics of identity/difference. In Part One Jürgen Habermas, Sheldon S. Wolin, Jane Mansbridge, Seyla Benhabib, Joshua Cohen, and Iris Marion Young write on democratic theory. Part Two--on equality, difference, and public representation--contains essays by Anne Phillips, Will Kymlicka, Carol C. Gould, Jean L. Cohen, and Nancy Fraser; and Part Three--on culture, identity, and democracy--by Chantal Mouffe, Bonnie Honig, Fred Dallmayr, Joan B. Landes, and Carlos A. Forment. In the last section Richard Rorty, Robert A. Dahl, Amy Gutmann, and Benjamin R. Barber write on whether democracy needs philosophical foundations. Three Normative Models Of Democracy / Jürgen Habermas -- Fugitive Democracy / Sheldon S. Wolin -- Using Power/fighting Power : The Polity / Jane Mansbridge -- Toward A Deliberative Model Of Democratic Legitimacy / Seyla Benhabib -- Procedure And Substance In Deliberative Democracy / Joshua Cohen -- Communication And The Other : Beyond Deliberative Democracy / Iris Marion Young -- Dealing With Difference : A Politics Of Ideas, Or A Politics Of Presence? / Anne Phillips -- Three Forms Of Group-differentiated Citizenship In Canada / Will Kymlicka -- (cont.) Diversity And Democracy : Representing Differences / Carol C. Gould -- Democracy, Difference, And The Right Of Privacy / Jean L. Cohen -- Gender Equity And The Wefare State : A Postindustrial Thought Experiment / Nancy Fraser -- Democracy, Power, And The Political / Chantal Mouffe -- Difference, Dilemmas, And The Politics Of Home / Bonnie Honig -- Democracy And Multiculturalism / Fred Dallmayr -- (cont.) The Performance Of Citizenship : Democracy, Gender, And Difference In The French Revolution / Joan B. Landes -- Peripheral Peoples And Narrative Identities : Arendtian Reflections On Late Modernity / Carlos A. Forment -- Idealizations, Foundations And Social Practices / Richard Rorty -- Democratic Theory And Democratic Experience / Robert A. Dahl -- Democracy, Philosophy, And Justification / Amy Gutman -- Foundationalism And Democracy / Benjamin R. Barber. Edited By Seyla Benhabib. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.