Illusion of Consent: Engaging with Carole Pateman

Published by Penn State University Press 2008

Illusion of Consent

Engaging with Carole Pateman

Edited by: Daniel I. O’Neill , Mary Lyndon Shanley and Iris Marion Young

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271035918

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For nearly four decades, the writings of Carole Pateman have been regarded as major contributions to debates within political philosophy and feminist theory. She is the recipient of the 2012 Johan Skytte Prize in political science for “in a thought-provoking way challenging established ideas about participation, sex and equality.” By critiquing conventional notions of consent at the heart of much modern political thought—hence the title for this volume—Pateman has been a central voice in discussions of such important topics as political participation and democracy, contract theory and sexual equality, liberalism and the problem of political obligation, and most recently social citizenship, welfare, and basic income. These essays, all prepared especially for this volume, deal with issues that have been central to Pateman’s work. The authors critically engage with her work while making their own original contributions and advancing ongoing debates.

Author / Editor information

O’Neill Daniel I. :

Daniel I. O'Neill is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida and the author of The Burke-Wollstonecraft Debate: Savagery, Civilization, and Democracy (Penn State, 2007).Shanley Mary Lyndon :

Mary Lyndon Shanley is Professor of Political Science at Vassar College and co-editor (with Carole Pateman) of Feminist Interpretations and Political Theory (Penn State, 1991) and (with Uma Narayan) Reconstructing Political Theory (Penn State, 1997).Young Iris Marion :

Iris Marion Young was, until her untimely death in 2006, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.

Reviews

“These papers make a welcome contribution to the explication, expansion, and interpretation of Pateman’s views. The authors really do engage with Pateman’s philosophy; they don’t simply free-associate with key words in her writing. The essays genuinely honor her contributions to political theory and the defense of a practical political agenda.”
—Ruth Sample, Social Theory and Practice

“An impressive collection of essays from many of the leading social and political theorists writing today. The essays develop important new arguments and compose a fitting tribute to Carole Pateman, whose work has had such a major impact, and who offers here a fine afterword.”
—Virginia Held, Graduate School, City University of New York

“These essays celebrate, challenge, and apply the significant contributions of Carole Pateman to the field of political theory.”
—P. Currah, Choice

“It is difficult to imagine the terrain of recent work in democratic theory without the contributions of Carole Pateman. In this volume some of our most important contemporary theorists take up Pateman’s critique of the politics of consent. The conversation that unfolds illuminates and refines not only Pateman’s own work but more general concerns about the relationship between power and meaningful consent. An outstanding collection of essays.”
—Julie Anne White, Ohio University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Daniel I. O’Neill, Mary Lyndon Shanley and Iris Marion Young Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
SECTION I Liberalism and Contract
Carole Pateman: Radical Liberal? Jane Mansbridge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Paradoxes of Liberal Politics: Contracts, Rights, and Consent Moira Gatens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
The Domination Contract Charles W. Mills Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Human Rights and the Epistemology of Social Contract Theory Brooke A. Ackerly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
SECTION II Autonomy and Consent
Free to Decide for Oneself Anne Phillips Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Women’s Work: Its Irreplaceability and Exploitability Robert E. Goodin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
A Democratic Defense of Universal Basic Income Michael Goodhart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
SECTION III Democracy, Political Participation, and Welfare
Participation Revisited: Carole Pateman vs. Joseph Schumpeter Alan Ryan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Participation, Deliberation, and We-thinking Philip Pettit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Deliberative Democracy, Subordination, and the Welfare State John Medearis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Afterword Carole Pateman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250

Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 264
Keywords: consent; O’Neill; Shanley; Young; Pateman; political philosophy; feminist theory; political science; sex; equality; contract theory; liberalism; social citizenship; welfare; basic income

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Published: July 2, 2008
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