"Pluralism and the Personality of the State" by David Runciman
"Pluralism and the Personality of the State" by David Runciman
LEA's communication series, Ideas in Context, Volume 47
CamUni Press | 2009/1997 | ISBN: 0521022630 0521551919 9780521551915 9780521022637 | 299 pages | PDF | 15 MB
LEA's communication series, Ideas in Context, Volume 47
CamUni Press | 2009/1997 | ISBN: 0521022630 0521551919 9780521551915 9780521022637 | 299 pages | PDF | 15 MB
This book tells the history of English political thought from 1900 to 1933, concentrating on the work of the political pluralists and their attack on the idea of state sovereignty.
The book explores the background to their work in the ideas of the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes and the German jurist Otto von Gierke. It also looks at what wider relevance their ideas might have today, particularly with regard to the question of the relation between the state and voluntary associations.
Contents
Preface
PART I: THE PERSONALITY OF ASSOCIATIONS
1 Introduction
2 Hobbes and the person of the commonwealth
3 Gierke and the Genossenschafl
4 Trusts and sovereigns
PART II: POLITICAL PLURALISM
5 Maitland and the real personality of associations
6 Figgis and the communitas communitatum
7 Barker and the discredited state
8 Cole and guild socialism
9 Laski and political pluralism
10 The return of the state
PART III: THE PERSONALITY OF THE STATE
11 The mask of personality
12 The mask of the group
13 The mask of the state
14 Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
with TOC BookMarkLinks