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

About the Author

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 Universite 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.

Reviews

"In this very instructive, wide-ranging, and most welcome volume, Martin O'Neill and Thad Williamson have assembled fourteen thoughtful essays and a substantial introduction which together explore its meaning and history, and the prospects of its implementation. The book has a great deal to interest political philosophers and theorists, political scientists, political economists, and reflective political activists on the left." (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 8 July 2013)

Book Information
ISBN 9781444334104
Author Martin O'Neill
Format Hardback
Page Count 336
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 699g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 180mm * 22mm