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050 00 $aJC11$b.M67 1998
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100 1 $aMorris, Christopher W.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90654558
245 13 $aAn essay on the modern state /$cChristopher W. Morris.
260 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c1998.
263 $a9712
300 $ax, 305 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction --$g2.$tThe modern state --$g3.$tSocial order in anarchy --$g4.$tLegitimacy --$g5.$tReasons --$g6.$tJustice --$g7.$tSovereignty --$g8.$tBoundaries --$g9.$tThe functions of governments --$g10.$tStates: Pretenses, powers, prospects.
520 $aThis important book is the first serious philosophical examination of the modern state. It inquires into the justification of this particular form of political society. It asks whether all states are "nation-states," what are the alternative ways of organizing society, and which conditions make a state legitimate. The author concludes that, while states can be legitimate, they typically fail to have the powers (e.g., sovereignty) they claim.
520 8 $aMany books analyze government and its functions, but none other focuses on the state as a distinctive form of political organization or examines critically the claims states make for themselves. In filling this lacuna, Christopher Morris has written a book that will command the attention of political philosophers, political scientists, legal theorists, and specialists in international relations.
650 0 $aState, The.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85127474
852 00 $bleh$hJC11.M67$i1998