Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies)

This monumental volume provides the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of the essential primary readings in post-war political philosophy. The State / Quentin State -- The Social Contract As Ideology / David Gaunthier -- The Fraternal Social Contract / Carol Pateman -- Theses On The Theory Of The State / Claus Offe And Volker Ronge -- Involking Civil Society / Charles Taylor -- Democracy: From City-states To A Cosmopolitan Order? / David Held -- The Public Sphere / Jurgen Habermas -- Procedural Democracy / Rabert A. Dahl -- The Market And The Forum: Three Varieties Of Political Theory / Jon Elster -- Deliberation And Democratic Legitamacy / Joshua Cohen -- Preferences And Politics / Cass R. Sustein -- Dealing With Difference: A Politics Of Ideas Or A Politics Of Presence / Anne Phillips -- Justice As Fairness / John Rawls -- Distributive Justice / Robert Nozick -- The Proceduralrepublic And The Unencumbered Self / Michael J. Sandel -- Polity And Group Difference: A Critique Of The Ideal Of Universal Citizenship / Iris Marion Young -- (cont.) The Domain Of The Political And Overlapping Consensus / John Rawls -- Citizenship And Social Class / T.h. Marshall -- Are There Any Natural Rights? / H.l.a. Hart -- Taking Rights Seriously / Ronald Dworkin -- Basic Rights / Henry Shue -- A Defense Of Abortion / Judith Jarvis Thomson -- Justice And Minority Rights / Will Kymlicka -- Two Concepts Of Liberty / Isaiah Berlin -- What's Wrong With Negative Liberty? / Charles Taylor -- The Structure Of Proletarian Unfreedon / G.a. Cohen -- Homelessness And The Issue Of Freesom / Jeremy Waldron -- The Idea Of Equality / Bernard Williams -- Equality Of What/ / Amartya Sen -- Complex Equality / Michael Walzer -- Justice Engendered / Martha Minow -- Power, Right, Truth / Michael Foucault -- Bearing The Consequence Of Belief / Peter Jones -- Exploitation, Alternatives And Socialism / John E.roemer -- Racism, Sexism, And Preferential Treatment: An Approach To The Topics / Richard A. Wasserstrom -- Moral Woman And Immoral Man: A Consideration Of The Public-private Split And Its Political Ramifications / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Dependency Demystified: Inscriptions Of Power In A Keyword Of The Welfare State / Nancy Fraser And Linda Gordon. Edited By Robert E. Goodin And Philip Pettit. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This volume provides a comprehensive collection of the primary readings in post-war political philosophy. The anthology includes classic articles on the nature of the state, democracy, justice, rights, liberty, equality and oppression. (BPA) In the Preface to De cive, his first published work on government, Hobbes describes his own project as that of undertaking "a more curious search into the rights of states and duties of subjects."