Sperling, Liz.

Women, political philosophy and politics / Liz Sperling - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2001 - viii, 213 p. ; 24 cm.

Preface and Acknowledgements. - Ch. 1. Women, political Philosophy and Politics : Theory and Practice in Conflict?. - Ch. 2. The State of Nature and the Origins of the Exclusionary State. - Ch. 3. The State that Ends at the Front Door. - Ch. 4. Citizenship and Representation : A Case of Protective Custody?. - Ch. 5. Plato and Aristotle: Androcracy Incarnate. - Ch. 6. Hobbes and Locke : Divine Right of Contract Man. - Ch. 7. Rousseau: Education for the Common Good. - Ch. 8. Mill, Marx and Engels : Equality and the Common Man. - Ch. 9. Rawls and Nozick: Justice and Masculinised Politics. - Ch. 10. Never Decreasing Circles : The Legacy of Political Philosophy. - Bibliography. - Index.

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Political science--Philosophy.
Women in politics.

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