{"product_id":"the-terms-of-political-discourse-isbn-9780631189596","title":"The Terms of Political Discourse","description":"Power. Interest. Freedom. Responsibility. Connolly explores and confronts sets of interrelated concepts such as these - concepts whose meanings are persistently subject to debate in the context of political discourse. He illuminates the role played in political life and political enquiry by such conceptual contests. And in staking out his own position in these contests, he seeks both to politicize broad areas of social life and to weave norms of responsibility more thoroughly into politics.  Preface to the Second Edition. \u003cp\u003ePreface to the First Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Essentially Contested Concepts in Politics:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssentially Contested Concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Example: 'Politics.'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Descriptive' and 'Normative' Concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Role of Ordinary Language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Interests in Politics:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Import of Contests Over 'Interests'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterests as Policy Preference.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUtilitarian Interests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterests as Need Fulfillment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReal Interests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppraisals of Real Interests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterest-Regarding Explanations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Power and Responsibility:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForms of Power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePower and Responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward a Paradigm of 'Having Power Over'.\u003c\/p\u003e \"Considered as a general introduction to contemporary political theory, social philosophy and the broader questions in political science, it can hardly be equalled. It is admirably lucid and concise in expression, and scholarly, original and profound in argument.\" \u003ci\u003eJ. N. Gray, Jesus College, Oxford \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eWilliam E. Connolly\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Political Science at the Johns Hopkins University, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eIdentity\/Difference: Democratic Negotiations of Political Paradox.\u003c\/i\u003e  Power. Interest. Freedom. Responsibility. Connolly explores and confronts sets of interrelated concepts such as these - concepts whose meanings are persistently subject to debate in the context of political discourse. He illuminates the role played in political life and political enquiry by such conceptual contests. And in staking out his own position in these contests, he seeks both to politicize broad areas of social life and to weave norms of responsibility more thoroughly into politics. \u003cp\u003eThis classic text concludes with a chapter in which Connolly sets out his position on a number of key issues, and reconsiders his central themes in the light of recent works that complement or contradict them - clarifying his thesis and widening his field of vision to take in recent developments in the philosophy of language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor this new edition, Connolly provides a fresh introductory chapter, bringing the text fully up-to-date.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990352707813,"sku":"NP9780631189596","price":34.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631189596.jpg?v=1761787475","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-terms-of-political-discourse-isbn-9780631189596","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}