The Problems of Communitarian Politics Unity and Conflict [Paperback]

The book examines the development of the idea of community in western liberal democracy and the way in which it inspires participants in community development, and community politics. Controversially, the book argues that community is a contradictory idea, which ultimately frustrates participants in democratic politics.

Introduction
Communitarianism, Philosophical and Political
The Concept of Community
Interpretation, Politics, and Community
Social Constructionism
Locality, Community and Politics
Political Communitarianism and Family Life
The Idea of a Political Community

Elizabeth Frazer is Official Fellow and Tutor in Politics at New College, Oxford University.