1st Edition
The Pluralist Theory of the State Selected Writings of G.D.H. Cole, J.N. Figgis and H.J. Laski
Edited By Paul Q. Hirst
Copyright 1993
256 Pages
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Routledge
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English political pluralism is a challenging school of political thought, neglected in recent years but now enjoying a revival of interest. It is particularly relevant today because it offers a critique of centralized sovereign state power. The leading theorists of the pluralist state were G.D.H. Cole, J.N. Figgis and H.J. Laski, and this volume brings together their most important ideas, making... Read more
1.Introduction Notes and suggestions for further reading Texts 2. The Social Theory (1920) - G.D.H. Cole 3. Some Names and their meaning 4.The Principle of Function 5. The State and Inclusive Association 6. Democracy and Power 7. Government and Legislation 8. Coercion and Co-ordination Churches in the Modern State(1913) - J.N. Figgis Lecture II - The Great Leviathan 9. The Foundations of Sovereignty and Other Essays H.J. Laski 10.The Problem of Administrative Areas , The Personality of Associations , The Pluralistic State Studies in Law and Politics H.J. Laski 11. Law and the State Bibliography
Biography
Paul Q. Hirst
`It is a sign of how vulnerable intellectual life is to fashion, that English pluralism is no longer widely read and studied today. The work of Cole, Laski and Figgis is of the utmost significance, and scarcely known to student and contemporary scholars in democratic theory today. This timely book represents the lost tradition of English pluralism in a manner which not only makes it clearly available, but a decisive challenge to democratic thought. An essential text.' - David Held
