Confucian constitutionalism : dignity, rights, and democracy / Sungmoon Kim.
In Confucian Constitutionalism, Sungmoon Kim presents a constitutional theory of democratic self-government that is normatively appealing and politically practicable in East Asia's historically Confucian societies, which are increasingly pluralist, multicultural, and rights sensitive. While Con...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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| Online Access: | Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Summary: | In Confucian Constitutionalism, Sungmoon Kim presents a constitutional theory of democratic self-government that is normatively appealing and politically practicable in East Asia's historically Confucian societies, which are increasingly pluralist, multicultural, and rights sensitive. While Confucian political theorists are preoccupied with how to build a Confucianism-inspired institution that would make a given polity more meritorious, Kim offers a robust normative theory of Confucian constitutionalism--what he calls "Confucian democratic constitutionalism" --with special attention to value. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 282 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0197630618 9780197630617 0197630626 9780197630624 0197630634 9780197630631 0197630642 9780197630648 |