Political Obligation [Hardcover]

How should we understand the relationship between citizens and governments, and what are the obligations of citizens? In this substantially revised new edition of an influential text, John Horton challenges dominant theories by offering an 'associative' account focusing particularly on what it is to be a member of a political community.

JOHN HORTON is Professor of Political Philosophy, Keele University, UK.
JOHN HORTON is Professor of Political Philosophy, Keele University, UK.

Problems of Political Obligation
Voluntarist Theories
Teleological Theories
Deontological Theories
Anarchism: Political and Philosophical
Associative Political Obligation and its Critics
Elaborating the Associative Theory
Conclusion.