descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 2012 English Publisher:SAGE PublicationsJournal:Political Studies Review, volume 10, pages 48-62 (issn: 1478-9299, eissn: 1478-9302,

Authors: Hamlin, Alan; Stemplowska, Zofia;

doi: 10.1111/j.1478-9302.2011.00244.x

Theory, Ideal Theory and the Theory of Ideals

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Abstract

The recent prominence of the ideal/non-ideal debate is largely due to the fact that it offers a vocabulary in which to diagnose what many see as a key problem of political theory: its relative unwillingness to provide solutions to urgent problems facing people here and now; or for people as they are rather than as they should be. The primary aim of this article is to offer an improved understanding of the territory that the ideal/non-ideal debate relates to.

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Keywords

Ideal theory, Non-ideal theory, Feasibility, Institutional design

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