Political Responsibility and Its Challenges

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dc.contributor.advisorFumurescu, Alin
dc.contributor.committeeMemberChurch, Jeffrey
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBelco, Michelle
dc.creatorGafarov, Murad
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-15T22:05:15Z
dc.date.available2019-09-15T22:05:15Z
dc.date.createdAugust 2019
dc.date.issued2019-08
dc.date.submittedAugust 2019
dc.date.updated2019-09-15T22:05:16Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is focused on defining what political responsibility is and how it is derived and reinforced, with specific focus on contemporary liberal democracies, as they struggle with the notion due to their legalistic nature. The understanding of responsibility often struggles from abstraction that surrounds it. This works attempts to develop rational arguments for the importance of responsibility. First of all, human history and collective memory is not possible without responsibility. Second, liberal democracies depend on political responsibility for its stability. The main theoretical finding of this thesis emphasizes the role of judiciary in promoting and protecting political responsibility. It is proposed that out of all members of a democratic government judges are the most capable of apprehending political responsibility and incorporating it into democratic theory. In addition, this works provides an analysis of some major works in the history of political thought, ranging from ancient Greek philosophy of Plato and Aristotle to more contemporary thinkers such as Jan Patočka and Jacques Derrida, in order to examine the notion of responsibility under different approaches.
dc.description.departmentPolitical Science, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/4703
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectPolitical responsibility
dc.subjectPolitical theory
dc.subjectPolitics
dc.subjectPhilosophy of history
dc.subjectLiberalism
dc.subjectDemocracy
dc.titlePolitical Responsibility and Its Challenges
dc.type.dcmiText
dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentPolitical Science, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Science
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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