A Mencian version of limited democracy

Res Publica

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-34

  Bai, Tongdong ^a  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confucianism; John Rawls; Liberal democracy; Mencius; One person one vote (OPOV)

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949103049     PISSN: 13564765     EISSN: 15728692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11158-008-9046-2     Document Type: Article

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