This book presents a critical account of the political pluralism of Figgis, Laski and other English writers of the early twentieth century, indicating its whig roots in the previous century. Pluralists believed in liberty, preserved by power decentralised, and in group personality. Theories of sovereignty were rejected and a distinctive understanding of the state proposed. Pluralism is particularly relevant to a world where the omnicompetent state has increasingly been called into question and federal structures of authority are the order of the day.

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Book Title: The Pluralist State
Book Subtitle: The Political Ideas of J.N. Figgis and his Contemporaries
Authors: David Nicholls
Series Title: St Antony's Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23598-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1994
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-23598-8Published: 27 July 2016
Series ISSN: 2633-5964
Series E-ISSN: 2633-5972
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XX, 190
Topics: Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Political Science

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