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The Good Polity: Normative Analysis of the State
Hamlin
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Hardback. Microeconomics and the Public Economs examines the debate over the public economy, scrutinizing problems such as constitutional bias, bureaucratic inefficiency of the private sector and public economy firms. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
This volume presents a set of new essays by leading economists, philosophers and political scientists concerned with the normative underpinnings of the state. "The Good Polity" is devoted to the analysis of detailed substantive issues arising within the normative theory of the state rather than with the exegesis of received views or the polemical statement of alternative positions. The essays are grouped around the themes of democracy, contract and compliance, and the responsibility of the state. Each author provides a detailed and freestanding examination of one aspect of the normative analysis of the state, and the resulting collection clearly displays ... Read more
This volume presents a set of new essays by leading economists, philosophers and political scientists concerned with the normative underpinnings of the state. "The Good Polity" is devoted to the analysis of detailed substantive issues arising within the normative theory of the state rather than with the exegesis of received views or the polemical statement of alternative positions. The essays are grouped around the themes of democracy, contract and compliance, and the responsibility of the state. Each author provides a detailed and freestanding examination of one aspect of the normative analysis of the state, and the resulting collection clearly displays ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9780631158042
SKU
V9780631158042
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About Hamlin
Alan Hamlin is Lecturer in Economics at the University of Southampton and author of Ethics, Economics and the State. Philip Pettit is Professorial Fellow in teh Research School of Social Sciences at Australian National University. He is a General Editor of Basil Blackwell's Philosophical Theory series, author of Judging Justice and co-author of Semantics in Social Science. ... Read more
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