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A theory of political obligation : membership, commitment, and the bonds of society / Margaret Gilbert.
Publication details: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: x, 332 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780199274956
- 9780199274956 (alk. paper)
- 323.65 GILÂ 22
- JC329.5Â .G55 2006
Contents:
CONTENTS;
PART I. A central problem of political obligation
1. The problem;
2. Obligations: initial points;
3. In pursuit of political obligation;
4. Actual contract theory: attractions;
5. Actual contract theory: objections;
PART II. Societies, membership, and obligation
6. Social groups: starting small;
7. Joint commitment and obligation;
8. Societies as plural subject;
PART III A Solution to the Membership Problem
9. Political societies;
10. Reconsidering actual contract theory;
11. The plural subject theory of political obligation;
12. Summary and prospect;
Bibliography;
Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS;
PART I. A central problem of political obligation
1. The problem;
2. Obligations: initial points;
3. In pursuit of political obligation;
4. Actual contract theory: attractions;
5. Actual contract theory: objections;
PART II. Societies, membership, and obligation
6. Social groups: starting small;
7. Joint commitment and obligation;
8. Societies as plural subject;
PART III A Solution to the Membership Problem
9. Political societies;
10. Reconsidering actual contract theory;
11. The plural subject theory of political obligation;
12. Summary and prospect;
Bibliography;
Index.