The state / Philip Pettit
- Bib ID:
- 8812600
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Pettit, Philip, 1945-, author
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- Description:
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- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2023]
- 1 online resource ( viii, 360 pages) :
- ISBN:
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- 9780691244396 (electronic book)
- 0691244391 (electronic book)
- Invalid ISBN:
- 9780691182209 (hardcover)
- Full contents:
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- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction: Motivating the Argument
- Part I: The Role of the State and Its Demands
- 1. The Function of the Polity
- 1.1 Genealogy and Reconstruction
- 1.2 Reconstructing Conventions
- 1.3 Reconstructing Norms
- 1.4 Reconstructing Laws
- 1.5 The Emergence of the State
- 1.6 The Function of the State
- 2. The Polity Incorporated
- 2.1 Basic Agency
- 2.2 Human Agency
- 2.3 Corporate Agency and the Polity
- 2.4 The Polity Without Full Incorporation
- 2.5 Why the Polity Should Incorporate Fully
- 3. The Polity Decentralized
- 3.1 The Polycentric Constitution
- 3.2 The Argument for Sovereignty
- 3.3 Taking Stock of the Argument
- 3.4 Sovereignty with Decentralization
- 3.5 Decentralization, Radical and Moderate
- Part II. The Potential of the State and Its Dimensions
- 4. The Collective Powers of Citizens
- 4.1 The Constitutional Power of the People
- 4.2 The Issue of Extra-Constitutional Power
- 4.3 The Extra-Constitutional Power of the People
- 5. The Individual Rights of Citizens
- 5.1 The Idea of Rights and Their Value
- 5.2 Natural Rights and the State
- 5.3 Institutional Rights and the State
- 6. The Demands of a Market Economy
- 6.1 Property
- 6.2 Money
- 6.3 Corporations
- 6.4 Three Corporate Ontologies
- Conclusion: Outlining the Argument
- References
- Index
- Notes:
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 13, 2023).
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