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It is usually taken for granted that, in liberal democracies, a bond of political a obligationa exists between citizens and the state. The substantive, and controversial, argument of this book is that political obligation constitutes an insoluble problem in the liberal democratic state.

Table of Contents
Introduction. 1. Problems and Questions. 2. Self-Assumed Obligation and Abstract Individualism. 3. Political Obligation and the Sword of Leviathan. 4. 'No Expressions of it at all. '5. Contemporary Consent Theory. 6. Hypotetical Voluntarism and the Conceptual Arguement. 7. The Democratic Social Contract. 8. Political Obedience or Political Obligation? Notes. References. Index.

The Problem of Political Obligation

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      Publisher Polity Press
      Published 9/26/1985 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780745601359
      978-0745601359
      ISBN-10 0745601359
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      Civics and citizenship Politics and government

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      It is usually taken for granted that, in liberal democracies, a bond of political a obligationa exists between citizens and the state. The substantive, and controversial, argument of this book is that political obligation constitutes an insoluble problem in the liberal democratic state.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction. 1. Problems and Questions. 2. Self-Assumed Obligation and Abstract Individualism. 3. Political Obligation and the Sword of Leviathan. 4. 'No Expressions of it at all. '5. Contemporary Consent Theory. 6. Hypotetical Voluntarism and the Conceptual Arguement. 7. The Democratic Social Contract. 8. Political Obedience or Political Obligation? Notes. References. Index.

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