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Politics by Principle, Not Interest Toward Nondiscriminatory Democracy (Hardcover)
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"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 of generality." -- James M Buchanan, from the
Preface. In his foreword, Hartmut Kliemt sums up the main objective
of James M Buchanan and Roger Congleton's 'Politics by Principle':
"Imposing constitutional constraints on majoritarian politics such
that a more principled pattern might emerge must be a political aim
of high priority for all who wish for free and responsible citizens
to live together peacefully as political equals under the rule of
general laws. Buchanan and Congleton's efforts to revive the
classical liberal agenda in Politics by Principle, Not Interest are
of the greatest interest in that regard. And this interest is not
merely a theoretical one." As James Buchanan notes in introducing
his co-author Roger Congleton, 'Politics by Principle, Not
Interest' "embodies the working out and presentation of a single
idea...the extension and application of the generality principle to
majoritarian politics." After laying out the theory, Buchanan and
Congleton attempt to work it out in practical political reality.
Buchanan notes that "it is much easier to discuss the generality
principle as an abstract ideal than it is to define the precise
conditions for its satisfaction in any particular setting." Not
daunted by the difficulty of the task, the two authors succeed
brilliantly in applying the generality principle to the political
arena. They are interested not in laying down precise do's and
don'ts for politics, but in pointing out the ideal of
nondiscriminatory governance and calling for constitutional
constraints on political action so it conforms more closely to the
generality norm.
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