Document Outline - 0333961803
- Contents
- List of Boxes
- Preface to the third edition
- 1 Introduction: Concepts and Theories in Politics
- Language and politics
- Understanding political concepts
- What is political theory?
- Political theory in the twenty-first century
- Summary
- Further reading
- 2 Human Nature, the Individual and Society
- Human nature
- Nature versus nurture
- Intellect versus instinct
- Competition versus cooperation
- The individual
- Individualism
- Individual and community
- The individual in politics
- Society
- Collectivism
- Theories of society
- Social cleavages and identity
- Summary
- Further reading
- 3 Politics, Government and the State
- Politics
- The art of government
- Public affairs
- Power and resources
- Government
- Why have government?
- Governments and governance
- Political systems
- The state
- Government and the state
- Theories of state
- Role of the state
- Summary
- Further reading
- 4 Sovereignty, the Nation and Supranationalism
- Sovereignty
- Legal and political sovereignty
- Internal sovereignty
- External sovereignty
- The nation
- Cultural and political nations
- Nationalism and cosmopolitanism
- Nation-states and globalization
- Supranationalism
- Summary
- Further reading
- 5 Power, Authority and Legitimacy
- Power
- Decision-making
- Agenda-setting
- Thought control
- Authority
- Power and authority
- Kinds of authority
- Defenders and detractors
- Legitimacy
- Constitutionalism and consent
- Ideological hegemony
- Legitimation crises
- Summary
- Further reading
- 6 Law, Order and Justice
- Law
- The rule of law
- Natural and positive law
- Law and liberty
- Order
- Discipline and control
- Natural harmony
- Justifying punishment
- Justice
- Procedural justice
- Substantive justice
- Justifying law-breaking?
- Summary
- Further reading
- 7 Rights, Obligations and Citizenship
- Rights
- Legal and moral rights
- Human rights
- Animal and other rights?
- Obligations
- Contractual obligations
- Natural duty
- Limits of political obligation
- Citizenship
- Elements of citizenship
- Social or active citizenship?
- Universal citizenship and diversity
- Summary
- Further reading
- 8 Democracy, Representation and the Public Interest
- Democracy
- Direct and indirect democracy
- Liberal democracy
- Virtues and vices of democracy
- Representation
- Representatives or delegates?
- Elections and mandates
- Characteristic representation
- The public interest
- Private and public interests
- Is there a public interest?
- Dilemmas of democracy
- Summary
- Further reading
- 9 Freedom, Toleration and Liberation
- Freedom
- Liberty and licence
- Negative freedom
- Positive freedom
- Toleration
- Toleration and difference
- The case for toleration
- Limits of toleration
- Liberation
- National liberation
- Sexual liberation
- Politics of liberation
- Summary
- Further reading
- 10 Equality, Social Justice and Welfare
- Equality
- Formal equality
- Equality of opportunity
- Equality of outcome
- Social justice
- According to needs
- According to rights
- According to deserts
- Welfare
- Welfare, poverty and social exclusion
- In praise of welfare
- Welfare: roll-back or reform?
- Summary
- Further reading
- 11 Property, Planning and the Market
- Property
- Private property
- Common property
- State property
- Planning
- The planning process
- Promise of planning
- Perils of planning
- The market
- Summary
- Further reading
- 12 Tradition, Progress and Utopia
- Tradition
- Defending the status quo
- Reclaiming the past
- Change in order to conserve
- Progress
- The forward march of history
- Progress through reform
- Progress through revolution
- Utopia
- Features of utopianism
- Political utopias
- End of utopia?
- Summary
- Further reading
- Bibliography
- Index
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- C
- D
- E
- F
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