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This book investigates whether the theory of "deliberative democracy"--developed in the West to focus democratic theory on the legitimation that deliberation can afford--has any application to Chinese processes of democratization. It discovers pockets of theory especially useful to guide Chinese practices and pockets of Chinese practice that can, in turn, educate the West on possibilities for innovative uses of deliberative democratic theory.
Friendship is one of our most important social institutions. It is
the not only the salve for personal loneliness and isolation; it is
the glue that binds society together. Yet for a host of
reasons--longer hours at work, the Internet, suburban sprawl--many
have argued that friendship is on the decline in contemporary
America. In social surveys, researchers have found that Americans
on average have fewer friends today than in times past.
This book answers two basic but under-appreciated questions: first,
how does the American criminal justice system address a defendant's
family status? And, second, how should a defendant's family status
be recognized, if at all, in a criminal justice system situated
within a liberal democracy committed to egalitarian principles of
non-discrimination? After surveying the variety of "family ties
benefits" and "family ties burdens" in our criminal justice system,
the authors explain why policymakers and courts should view with
caution and indeed skepticism any attempt to distribute these
benefits or burdens based on one's family status. This is a
controversial stance, but Markel, Collins, and Leib argue that in
many circumstances there are simply too many costs to the criminal
justice system when it gives special treatment based on one's
family ties or responsibilities.
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