Citizenship and Civil Society: A Framework of Rights and Obligations in Liberal, Traditional, and Social Democratic Regimes

by Thomas Janoski

Book Overview

Rights and obligations are confusing. When people really want or need something they call it a right. Can they simply attach this word to anything they want? Can people disregard obligations with impunity? This book argues that they cannot. One must understand those relationships in specific ways to really know what can or can not be done with rights and obligations in public discourse and politics. They must create a web of interaction between citizens...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521635810
• ISBN13: 9780521635813
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"