Compromise and Disagreement in
Contemporary Political Theory
Until recently, discussions of compromise have been largely absent in political theory. However, political theorists have become increasingly interested in understanding the practice and justification of compromise in politics. This interest is connected to the increased concern with pluralism and disagreement.
Compromise and Disagreement in Contemporary Political Theory provides a critical discussion of when, and to what extent, compromise is the best response to pluralism and disagreement in democratic decision making and beyond. Christian F. Rostbll and Theresa Scavenius draw together the work of ten established and emerging scholars to provide different perspectives on compromise. Organized into four parts, the book begins by discussing the justification and limits of compromise. discusses different challenges to compromise in the context of the current political environment.
The book will be of interest to a wide range of scholars in the social sciences, philosophy, and law. It will be useful in introducing scholars to a variety of approaches to compromise and as readings for graduate courses in political theory and political philosophy, ethics, the history of ideas, and the philosophy of law.
Christian F. Rostbll is Professor of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and holds a PhD from Columbia University, USA. He has published extensively within political theory. He is the author of Deliberative Freedom: Deliberative Democracy as Critical Theory (SUNY Press, 2008), and of articles in, among other journals, Journal of Politics, Political Theory, Constellations, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy & Social Criticism, European Journal of Political Theory, Social Theory and Practice, and European Political Science Review.
Theresa Scavenius is Associate Professor in the Department of Planning at the University of Aalborg, Denmark. She has published widely on climate politics, global justice, and the relationship between facts and norms. Her recent publications include Fact-Sensitive Political Theory, published in Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (2017), The Issue of No Moral Agency in Climate Action, published in Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics (2017), and The Tragedy of the Few, published in Res Publica (2016).
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