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1 online resource (223 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 State and society; 1.1 Clarification of terms; 1.2 The aristotelian definition of man as a social being; 1.3 The development of civil society as a historical reality; 1.4 State and community: distinction or opposition?; 1.5 The totalitarian state as a reaction to social pluralism; 2 The idea of the common interest; 2.1 General welfare and human nature in modern thought; 2.2 The removal of common interest from political theory; 2.3 The normative sense of the concept common interest |
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2.4 Common interest and political justification2.5 Individual freedom and common interest; 2.6 The common interest and other interests; 3 An analysis of the concept interest; 3.1 Interest as subjective value; 3.2 Interests and subjective preferences; 3.3 Political tolerance and the respect for the interests of others; 3.4 Interests-based versus values-based perspectives; 3.5 The concept of a majority and the majority interest; 4 A society founded on individual interests; 4.1 The morality of the market |
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4.2 Social choice theory and the paradoxes of an economistic approach to political decision making4.3 The deficient concept of democracy in social choice theory; 4.4 Game theory and pure pragmatic rationality; 4.5 Pragmatic and moral grounds for norms; 5 Conflicts of interest and procedural justice; 5.1 The concept of procedural justice; 5.2 Marxâ#x80;#x99;s criticism of the market mechanism; 5.3 The democracy of competitive leadership; 5.4 Political choice theory: economic pragmatism in an ordered society; 5.5 The principle of unanimity in political choice theory; 5.6 Consensus versus compromise |
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6 Individual freedom and distributive justice6.1 Justice as fairness and the foundations of state authority; 6.2 The paradox of founding the state on individual rights; 6.3 Social justice and solidarity; 6.4 Property and the social nature of the division of labour; 7 Political justice and the constitution of the state; 7.1 Power and justice: the state as sovereign power; 7.2 Democracy, sovereignty and representation; 7.3 Sharing of power; 7.4 Limited sovereignty; 7.5 The limits of political legitimacy and the right of resistance; Conclusion; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Democracy.
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Legitimacy of governments.
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Political sociology.
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Power (Social sciences)
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State, The.
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Democracy
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Legitimacy of governments
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Political sociology
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Power (Social sciences)
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State, The
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351750042 |
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1351750046 |
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