On the people's terms

"According to republican political theory, choosing freely requires being able to make the choice without subjection to another and freedom as a person requires being publicly protected against subjection in the exercise of basic liberties. But there is no public protection without a coercive state. And doesn't state coercion necessarily take from the freedom of the coerced? Philip Pettit addresses this question from a civic republican perspective, arguing that state interference does not involve subjection or domination if there is equally shared, popular control over government"--

Year

2012

Language

English

Series

The Seeley lectures

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Editions

6

Pages

347

ISBN

9781107005112

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