Table of Contents

Introduction.- PART I: THE ENDS OF POLITICS.- Politics and Order.- Politics and Virtue.- Politics and Freedom.- PART II: THE LOCATION OF POLITICAL AUTHORITY: WHO SHOULD RULE?.- Rule by a Single Person.- The Rule of the Few.- The Rule of the Many.- PART III: THE EXERCISE OF POLITICAL AUTHORITY.- The Sanctions of 'Nature'.- Mixed Government, Balanced Constitutions and the Separation of Powers.- Absolute Government.- The Rule of Law and Rule-Bound Orders.- PART IV: CHALLENGING POLITICAL AUTHORITY.- Resisting Unjust Rulers.- Revolutionary Political Thought.- Theories of Civil Disobedience and Non-Violent Resistance to Political Authority.- Conclusion: Some Contemporary Themes

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"Quietly subversive in its methodology...wide-ranging and accessible." - Miles Taylor, Political Science "[D]esigned to be uniform in its clear organization and presentation of the history of political thought...Notable in its enterprising approach...Morrow...an accomplished historian of political thought...succeeds in providing a clear, readable text that will be of value to students" - Gary Browning, History of Political Thought

About the Author

JOHN MORROW is Professor of Political Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at The University of Auckland in New Zealand.

Reviews

"'Designed to be uniform in its clear organization and presentation of the history of political thought...Notable in its enterprising approach...Morrow...an accomplished historian of political thought...succeeds in providing a clear, readable text that will be of value to students...' - Gary Browning, History of Political Thought 'Quietly subversive in its methodology...this wide-ranging and accessible introductory survey...will stimulate new students of the subject, and expand the range of those who are already initiated.' - Miles Taylor, Political Science 'This a well-written and fast-paced book...Morrow's arguments and interpretations are based on considerable scholarship, his interpretations are sound, stimulating and well informed.' - P.J. Kelly, British Journal of Politics and International Realtions"