Bellamy, R;
(2010)
Dirty hands and clean gloves: Liberal ideals and real politics.
European Journal of Political Theory
, 9
(4)
412 - 430.
10.1177/1474885110374002.
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Abstract
Can liberal ideals clean up dirty politicians or politics? This article doubts they can. It disputes that a 'cleana' liberal person might inhabit the dirty clothes of the real politician, or that a clean depoliticized liberal constitution can constrain real-world dirty politics. Nevertheless, the need for a democratic prince to wear clean liberal gloves offers a necessary and effective political restraint. It also means that citizens share the hypocrisy and dirt of those who serve them - for we legitimize the dirtiness of politics by requiring politicians to seem cleaner than we know they ever can be in reality. © The Author(s) 2010.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Dirty hands and clean gloves: Liberal ideals and real politics |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1474885110374002 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1474885110374002 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s) 2010 |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Political Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1359229 |
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