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Community, Solidarity and Belonging: Levels of Community and their Normative Significance
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Community, Solidarity and Belonging: Levels of Community and their Normative Significance
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Andrew Mason
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:256 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9780521637282
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Classifications | Dewey:320.011 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
27 July 2000 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Despite the frequency with which the term 'community' is used, it is hard to find any comprehensive exploration of the nature and value of community. This book tries to remedy this omission whilst taking seriously the idea that community can be of different kinds and can exist at different levels, and that these levels and kinds may come into conflict with one another. It focuses on the question of what kind of community is valuable at the level of the state. It then explores the limits that ideals of political community place upon cultural diversity within the state, and the limits that, in turn, ideals of global community place upon the self-determination of political communities. This book will be of interest to students of political theory, philosophy and international relations.
Reviews'Andrew Mason has written an illuminating and wonderfully stimulating book about important and difficult issues. Students of political thoery, philosophy, and international relations should read it not merely with interest, but with profit.' Richard Dagger, Arizona State University
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