Pluralism and the personality of the state / David Runciman.

Cambridge : CUP, 1997.

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Political Science -- History.

Political Science -- Philosophy.

Social Sciences.

Part I The personality of associations : 1. Introduction

2. Hobbes and the person of the commonwealth

3. Gierke and the Genossenschaft

4. Trusts and sovereigns

Part II Political pluralism : 5. Maitland and the real personality of associations

6. Figgis and the communitas communitatum

7. Barker and the discredited state

8. Cole and guild socialism

9. Laski and political pluralism

10. The return of the state

Part III The personality of the state : 11. The mask of personality

12. The mask of the group

13. The mask of the state

14. Conclusion.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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xiv, 279 p.