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100 1 _aGilbert, Margaret.
245 1 2 _aA theory of political obligation :
_bmembership, commitment, and the bonds of society /
_cMargaret Gilbert.
260 _aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2006.
300 _aviii, 332 p. ;
_c24 cm.
365 _bRs. 2,808
505 _aCONTENTS; 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.
650 0 _aPolitical obligation.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
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