On the People's Terms By Philip Pettit 9780521182126 (Paperback)

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On the People's Terms : Cambridge University Press : 9780521182126 : 0521182123 : 12 Jun 2012 : "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"--

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