A theory of political obligation: Membership, commitment, and the bonds of society/
Margaret Gilbert
- x, 332 p. 24 cm.
A central problem of political obligation. The membership problem Obligations : preliminary points In pursuit of political obligation Actual contract theory : attractions Objections to actual contract theory Societies, membership, and obligation. Social groups : starting small Joint commitment and obligation Societies as plural subjects A solution to the membership problem. Political societies Reconsidering actual contract theory The plural subject theory of political obligation Summary and prospect.