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008			970505s1998 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020			_a052149625X (hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)504208219
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100	1		_aMorris, Christopher W.
245	1	3	_aAn essay on the modern state / _cChristopher W. Morris.
260			_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c1998.
263			_a9712
300			_ax, 305 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_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.
900			_bTOC
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