Liberalism and the Limits of Power

Download or read book Liberalism and the Limits of Power written by J. Williams and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-11-26 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first critical assessment of important recent developments in Anglo-American liberal theorizing about limited government. Following a comparative study of canonical liberal philosophers Hayek and Rawls, the book reveals a new direction for conceptualizing limited government in the twenty-first century, highlighting the central role that democratic politics - rather than philosophical principles - should play in determining the uses and limits of state power in a liberal regime. Williams draws on recent scholarship in the field of democratic theory and cultural studies in arguing for a shift in the ways liberals approach the study of politics.