Compromise and Disagreement in Contemporary Political Theory

Christian F. Rostbøll is Professor of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and holds a PhD from Columbia University, USA. He has published extensively within political theory. He is the author of Deliberative Freedom: Deliberative Democracy as Critical Theory (SUNY Press, 2008), and of articles in, among other journals, Journal of Politics, Political Theory, Constellations, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy & Social Criticism, European Journal of Political Theory, Social Theory and Practice, and European Political Science Review. Theresa Scavenius is postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She has published widely on climate politics, global justice, and the relationship between facts and norms. Her recent publications include "Fact-Sensitive Political Theory," published in CRISPP (2017), "The Issue of No Moral Agency in Climate Action," published in Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics (2017), and "The Tragedy of the Few," published in Res Publica (2016).

Introduction: Compromise and Disagreement [Christian F. Rostbøll and Theresa Scavenius] Part 1: The Justification and Limits of Compromise 1. Compromise and Toleration: Responding to Disagreement [Christian F. Rostbøll] 2. No Compromise on Racial Equality [Simon Căbulea May] 3. Compromise and the Value of Widely Accepted Laws [Fabian Wendt] Part 2: The practice of compromise 4. The Ethics of Compromise[Daniel M. Weinstock] 5. Compromise as a Normative Ideal for Pluralistic Politics [Manon Westphal] 6. Political Compromise in Party Democracy: An Overlooked Puzzle in Kelsen’s Democratic Theory [David Ragazzoni] Part 3: Pluralism and compromise 7. Compromise, Value Pluralism, and Democratic Liberalism [Patrick Overeem] 8. Are Compromises More Inclusive of Non-Liberals? [Tore Vincents Olsen] 9. Public Epistemology as a Compromise: Why Should We Agree to Disagree? [Aurélia Bardon] Part 4: Political challenges to compromise 10. Compromise and Political Language [Michael Freeden] 11. The Role of Political and Self-representation in Compromise [Alin Fumurescu]