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This volume offers an exposition and evaluation of major work in social contract theory from 1950 to the present.
Weale here offers a sweeping review of the entire 20th century's social contract thought ... As a contribution, this book serves as a thoughtful and critical exploration of 20th-century social contract thought.
Explores major work in social contract theory from 1950 to the present, focusing on the problems of defining principles of justice and demonstrating the grounds of moral obligation.
Albert Weale is Emeritus Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy, University College London. His research has concentrated on issues of political theory and public policy, especially health policy, environmental policy, the theory of justice, and democratic theory. In addition to over one hundred papers and chapters, he has authored, co-authored or co-edited eighteen books. These include, with others, Democratic Justice and the Social Contract (OUP, 2013), Environmental Governance in Europe (OUP, 2000) and the edited volume Risk, Democratic Citizenship, and Public Policy (OUP, 2002).