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Gilbert, Margaret.

A theory of political obligation : membership, commitment, and the bonds of society / Margaret Gilbert. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - viii, 332 p. ; 24 cm.

CONTENTS;
PART I. A central problem of political obligation
1. The problem;
2. Obligations: initial points;
3. In pursuit of political obligation;
4. Actual contract theory: attractions;
5. Actual contract theory: objections;
PART II. Societies, membership, and obligation
6. Social groups: starting small;
7. Joint commitment and obligation;
8. Societies as plural subject;
PART III A Solution to the Membership Problem
9. Political societies;
10. Reconsidering actual contract theory;
11. The plural subject theory of political obligation;
12. Summary and prospect;
Bibliography;
Index.


ISBN: 9780199274956 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2006008586

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political obligation.

Dewey Class. No.: 323.65 GIL