Rights Politics and Public Interest Politics: A Critique of Contemporary Western Political Philosophy: A Critique of Contemporary Western Political Philosophy

Author: Yu Keping
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: This book is one of the series "Frontiers of Contemporary Western Academic Discourse." How do Western scholars view contemporary Western politics? Is it elite politics or pluralistic politics? Is it procedural democracy or substantive democracy? Is it rights-first or public interest-first? How do they study the complex and ever-changing political phenomena? In recent years, new methods popular in Western political science, such as political systems analysis, political culture analysis, political communication analysis, political elite analysis, political decision-making analysis, and political structural-functional analysis, have what reference significance for observing contemporary Western politics? This book provides detailed answers to these questions.
Introduction: What is political philosophy? Political philosophy is a branch of political science that primarily studies political values and the essence of politics. It falls within the realm of political theory, as it is a theory about fundamental political issues and serves as the philosophical foundation for other political theories.