The Social Contract in America: From the Revolution to the Present Age

by Mark Hulliung

Book Overview

Because most Americans believe that government requires the consent of the governed, the idea of the social contract may come as close to a public philosophy as we've ever had. And, as Mark Hulliung reminds us, we have frequently fought our greatest political battles by wielding one or another version of social contract theory.

Hulliung's book is the first to examine the role of the social contract across the entire sweep of American history,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700615407
• ISBN13: 9780700615407
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"