POLITICAL parties serve a number of important functions in representative democracies.
Connecting citizens to government is perhaps the most important one. This is how parties …

Where organized religion begins, democratic rights end. Or so it is often assumed.
Traditionally, most political philosophers have agreed that democratic norms should not …

When is privatization morally objectionable? This question has recently received renewed
attention by political philosophers. Many are concerned that, given private actors' self …

The citizens of a democracy cannot be indifferent to the conditions of the possibility of living
a life that one can call one's own—an autonomous life. If one accepts this premise, one has …

In recent years, some cities and localities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom,
and elsewhere have adopted or intend to adopt one potential solution to the difficulties …

It is frequently argued that to address structural injustice, individuals should participate in
collective actions organized by civil society organizations (CSOs), but the role and the …

On the face of it, membership ballots present a clear case in which intra-party democracy
comes into collision with core principles of representative democracy: they weaken the …

This paper introduces a novel account of freedom of dissociation, construed as the “right to a
fair exit.” It defines freedom of dissociation as the right to end an association without …

Contemporary political philosophy primarily conceives of justice as a virtue of major social
institutions. Yet, much advocacy of justice is increasingly focused on how well particular …

Proponents of epistemic democracy defend democracy's capacity to harness people's
wisdom and produce better results than its rivals (Cohen 1986; Goodin and Spiekermann …