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Book SynopsisA Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy Edited by Robert E. Goodin, Philip Pettit and Thomas Pogge Political philosophy has become an increasingly active area of research over the past four decades.
Trade Review"This volume does contemporary political philosophy proud.... the real quality of the volume like this is a function of its contributions, and the pieces here could hardly be bettered."
Utilitas "It will provide an unrivalled overview of the principal positions and debates in political philosophy over the past thirty years or so. It should establish itself as the standatd one-volume reader for some time to come." Daniel Weinstock, University of Montreal
Table of ContentsPreface ix
Contributors xi
Introduction 1
Robert E. Goodin and Philip Pettit
Part I: Disciplinary Contributions
1 Analytical philosophy 7
Philip Pettit
2 Continental Philosophy 39
David West
3 History 72
Richard Tuck
4 Sociology 90
Robert Brown
5 Economics 123
Geoffrey Brennan
6 Political science 157
Robert E. Goodin
7 Legal Studies 183
Tom D. Campbell
Part II Major Ideologies
8 Anarchism 215
Richard Sylvan
9 Conservatism 244
Anthony Quinton
10 Feminism 269
Jane J. Mansbridge and Susan Moller Okin
11 Liberaslism 291
Alan Ryan
12 Marxism 312
Barry Hindess
13 Socialism 333
Peter Self
Part III Special Topics
14 Autonomy 359
Gerald Dworkin
15 Community 366
Will Kymlicka
16 Contract and consent 379
Jean Hampton
17 Constitutionalism and the rule of law 394
C. L. Ten
18 Corporatism and syndicalism 404
Bob Jessop
19 Democracy 411
Amy Gutmann
20 Dirty Hands 422
C. A. Coady
21 Discourse 431
Ernesto LacLau
22 Distributive Justice 438
Serge-Christophe Kolm
23 Efficiency 462
Russell Hardin
24 Environmentalism 471
John Passmore
25 Equality 489
Richard J. Arneson
26 Federalism 508
William H. Riker
27 International affairs 515
Chirs Brown
28 Legitimacy 527
Richard E. Flathman
29 Liberty 534
Chandran Kukathas
30 Power 548
Terence Ball
31 Property 558
Andrew Reeve
32 Republicanism 568
Knud Haakonssen
33 Rights 575
Jeremy Waldron
34 Secession and nationalism 586
Allen Buchanan
35 Sociobiology 597
Allan Gibbard
36 The state 611
Patrick Dunleavy
37 Toleration and fundamentalism 322
Stephen Macedo
38 Totalitarianism 629
Eugene Kamenka
39 Trust 638
John Dunn
40 Virtue 645
Michael Slote
41 Welfare 651
Alan Hamlin
Index 665
