Political Constructivism

Constructivism, a major force in political theory, attempts to address the problems of moral and political justification in the modern plural and multicultural world. In this volume the author explores the nature and possibilities of constructivism through an engagement and examination of the foremost constructivist positions, Rawls, Scanlon and O`Neill. Outlining the substantive and formal conclusions constructivism can justify, this book deepens our understandings of the possibilities that constructivism brings to political theory. The author argues that constructivism must be understood as at least a two level enterprise, consisting of a thin universalist primary constructivism linking with a plurality of local and secondary constructions, and then goes on to lay out the content of the primary construction.This book will be of interest to students and researchers studying political theory and political philosophy. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.