Pluralist arguments are increasingly common in political and legal theory, but scepticism persists about whether pluralism marks a distinct intellectual tradition. This book reconstructs the pluralist tradition in political theory, arguing that it makes distinctive and radical claims regarding political authority and the state.

• Preface


• Part One: The distinctiveness of pluralism


• 1: The Structure of Pluralist Arguments


• 2: The Inadequacy of Multiculturalism


• 3: The Incompatibility of Subsidiarity


• 4: Associative Democracy and the Corporatist Temptation


• Part Two: The Constitutional Theory of Pluralism


• 5: Positive Pluralism


• 6: The Problem of Pluralist Autonomy


• 7: Law as Intelligibility


• 8: Pluralist Authority


• Part Three: The Personality of Associations


• 9: This Unity of Life and Action


• 10: The Personality of Associations


• 11: Property, Personality, and Public Justification


• Conclusion


• 12: The Specter of Intractability

Víctor M. Muñiz-Fraticelli is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Faculty of Law at McGill University. He holds a degree in law from the University of Puerto Rico and a PhD in political science from the University of Chicago. He works on political and legal pluralism, church and state relations, the philosophy of law, and contemporary theories of justice.