Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Social Justice 2. Rawlsian liberalism, Cole's guild socialism and New Economic Democracy 3. Towards a Left-Libertarianism Chapter One : Rawls' Theory of Justice 1. Rawl's Method 2. Rawls' Premises 3. Rawls' Conclusion Chapter Two: Cole's Libertarian Socialism 1. The Democratic Domain 2. The Functional Principle 3. Political Pluralism 4. Cole's Rejection of the Consumer Representing State and his Amplification of the Functional and Pluralist Principles Chapter Three: The Political Economy of New Economic Democracy 1. Democratic and Participatory Planning 2. Democratic Investment Planning 3. Analysing Democratic Investment Planning Conclusion Chapter Four: From Property-Owning Democracy to Property-Controlling Democracy 1. The State and Sovereignty in Rawlsian Liberalism 2. The Commune and Sovereignty in New Economic Democracy 3. The Realisation of the Two Principles of Justice Conclusion Chapter Five: Political Liberalism 1. Rawl's Political Liberalism 2. New Economic Democracy and Political Liberalism 3. Co-Operative Non-Aliening Labour and the Overlapping Consensus Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography Index

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This book does not question Rawlsian principles, but it does reject the liberal institutions he advocates.A debate is constructed in which his liberalism is contrasted with a libertarian socialism. It is shown how the difference principle will be more easily realized in the left libertarian scheme. The argument is that Rawlsian premises point to a more radical conclusion than Rawls acknowledges.

About the Author

Chris Wyatt is lecturer in Social Theory and Sociology at the University of Brighton. He is also affiliated to the University of Sussex, where he teaches Modern Political Thought and Contemporary Political Theory.He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology, a Master of Arts degree in Social and Political Thought and a Ph.D. in Social and Political Thought. He is the author of The Difference Principle Beyond Rawls (Continuum, 2008)

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Mention -Chronicle of Higher Education, August 15, 2008