Politics by Principle, Not Interest: Toward Nondiscriminatory Democracy

by Roger D. Congleton and James M. Buchanan

Book Overview

"Politics by principle is that which modern politics is not. What we observe is 'politics by interest, ' whether in the form of explicitly discriminatory treatment (rewarding or punishing) of particular groupings of citizens or of some elitist-dirigiste classification of citizens into the deserving or non-deserving on the basis of a presumed superior wisdom about what is really 'good' for us all. The proper principle for politics is that of generalization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865972338
• ISBN13: 9780865972339
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5