The Problem of Political Obligation: A Critique of Liberal Theory: A Critical Analysis of Liberal Theory - Softcover

Pateman, Carole

 
9780745601359: The Problem of Political Obligation: A Critique of Liberal Theory: A Critical Analysis of Liberal Theory
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0745601359 ISBN 13: 9780745601359
Verlag: Polity, 1985

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The substantive, and controversial, argument of this book is that political obligation between citizens and the state constitutes an insoluble problem in the liberal democratic state. It is argued that the problem can be solved only within the context of a participatory democratic system.

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Carole Pateman is a feminist and political theorist. She is known as a critic of liberal democracy and has been a member of the British Academy since 2007.

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It is usually taken for granted that, in liberal democracies, a bond of political ‘obligation’ 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. It is argued that the problem can be solved only within the context of a participatory democratic system. In reaching this conclusion Carole Pateman offers a general assessment of liberal theory and an interpretation of all the familiar arguments about political obligation and democratic consent. Current controversies about ‘democracy’ and political obligation are fully discussed in the light of both philosophical debate and empirical evidence from research in the social sciences. The Problem of Political Obligation was first published in 1979. This new edition retains the original text but includes a substantial new chapter which clarifies further the central themes of the work.

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It is usually taken for granted that, in liberal democracies, a bond of political ‘obligation’ 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. It is argued that the problem can be solved only within the context of a participatory democratic system. In reaching this conclusion Carole Pateman offers a general assessment of liberal theory and an interpretation of all the familiar arguments about political obligation and democratic consent. Current controversies about ‘democracy’ and political obligation are fully discussed in the light of both philosophical debate and empirical evidence from research in the social sciences. The Problem of Political Obligation was first published in 1979. This new edition retains the original text but includes a substantial new chapter which clarifies further the central themes of the work.

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Verlag
Polity
Erscheinungsdatum
1985
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0745601359
ISBN 13 
9780745601359
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
234
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