Political Obligation

How should we understand the relationship between citizens and governments, and what are the obligations of citizens? In this substantially revised new edition of an influential text, John Horton challenges dominant theories by offering an ''associative'' account focusing particularly on what it is to be a member of a political community.>

List of contents

Problems of Political Obligation
Voluntarist Theories
Teleological Theories
Deontological Theories
Anarchism: Political and Philosophical
Associative Political Obligation and its Critics
Elaborating the Associative Theory
Conclusion.

About the author

JOHN HORTON is Professor of Political Philosophy, Keele University, UK.
JOHN HORTON is Professor of Political Philosophy, Keele University, UK.

Product details

• Authors: John Horton
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2010
• EAN: 9780230576513
• ISBN: 978-0-230-57651-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Issues in Political Theory; Issues in Political Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; B, Political Theory, Religion and Philosophy, edition;government;philosophy;work