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The Terms of Political Discourse, 3rd Edition

ISBN: 978-0-631-18959-6
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284 pages
December 1993, Wiley-Blackwell
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Preface to the Second Edition.

Preface to the First Edition.

Introduction.

Part I: Essentially Contested Concepts in Politics:.

Essentially Contested Concepts.

An Example: 'Politics.'.

'Descriptive' and 'Normative' Concepts.

The Role of Ordinary Language.

Part II: Interests in Politics:.

The Import of Contests Over 'Interests'.

Interests as Policy Preference.

Utilitarian Interests.

Interests as Need Fulfillment.

Real Interests.

Appraisals of Real Interests.

Interest-Regarding Explanations.

Part III: Power and Responsibility:.

Forms of Power.

Power and Responsibility.

Toward a Paradigm of 'Having Power Over'.

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