Coping in Politics with Indeterminate Norms: A Theory of Enlightened Localism

Abstract

Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 I THE PROBLEM: INDETERMINATE NORMS 1 Indeterminacy in Social and Political Norms 19 II THE SOLUTION: BASIC COMPONENTS 2 Coping with Indeterminacy through Proceduralism 39 3 Coping with Indeterminacy through Pragmatism 61 III THE SOLUTION: LOCALISM WITHOUT PAROCHIALISM 4 Enlightened Localism in Social Critique 93 5 Enlightened Localism in Public Policy 117 6 Enlightened Localism in Law and Morality 141 Coda: Social Cooperation in the Absence of Political Unity 161 Notes 171 Bibliography 189 Index 197