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Routledge
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Routledge
176 Pages
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Routledge
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Civil disobedience is a public, nonviolent, conscientious yet political act, contrary to law, carried out to communicate opposition to law and policy of government. This book presents a theory of civil disobedience that draws on ideas associated with deliberative democracy.
This book explores the ethics of civil disobedience in democratic societies. It revisits the theoretical literature on... Read more
Introduction: A Deliberative Theory of Civil Disobedience 1. Justice, Democracy & Deliberation 2. Civil Disobedience against Injustice 3. Civil Disobedience against Deliberative Inertia 4. Civil Disobedience as a Moral Right 5. Civil Disobedience and the State Conclusion: Civil Disobedience as a Democratic Practice
Biography
William Smith is assistant professor in the Department of Government and Public Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
