Against Politics : On Government, Anarchy and Order Paperback / softback
by ANTHONY DE JASAY
Part of the Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought series
Paperback / softback
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Is the state a necessity, a convenience, or neither?
It enforces collective choices in which some override the preferences and dispose of the resources of others.
Moreover, collective choice serves as its own source of authority and preempts the space it wishes to occupy.
The morality and efficacy of the result are perennial questions central to political philosophy. In Against Politics Jasay takes a closely reasoned stand, based on modern rational choice arguments, for rejecting much of mainstream thought about these matters.
In the first part of the book, Excuses, he assesses the standard justification of government based consent, the power of constitutions to achieve limited government, and ideas for reforming politics.
In the second part, Emergent Solutions , he explores the force of first principles to secure liberties and rights and some of the potential of spontaneous conventions for generating ordered anarchy. Written with clarity and simplicity, this powerful volume represents the central part of Jasay's recent work.
Fully accessible to the general reader, it should stimulate the specialist reader to fresh thought.
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- Pages:254 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:29/11/2011
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- ISBN:9780415513654
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:254 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:29/11/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415513654
