The Institutional Configuration of Deweyan Democracy.

After more than two decades of effort to recover and adapt John Dewey's thought for a reformed liberal politics, the institutional implications of his ideas remain elusive. This essay argues that a distinctive set of modern business practices and an incipient public policy architecture embody key pr...

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Publicado en:Contemporary Pragmatism Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 5 - 35
Autor principal: Simon, William H.
Formato: Essay
Publicado: Brill Academic Publishers Dec2012
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Sumario:After more than two decades of effort to recover and adapt John Dewey's thought for a reformed liberal politics, the institutional implications of his ideas remain elusive. This essay argues that a distinctive set of modern business practices and an incipient public policy architecture embody key precepts of Dewey's political theory. The practices and architecture have developed independently of Dewey's ideas, but they elaborate the ideas implicitly, and they are illuminated by them.