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| List of Boxes | |
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| Preface to the third edition | |
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| Introduction: Concepts and Theories in Politics | |
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| Language and politics | |
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| Understanding political concepts | |
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| What is political theory? | |
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| Political theory in the twenty-first century | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Human Nature, the Individual and Society | |
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| Human nature | |
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| Nature versus nurture | |
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| Intellect versus instinct | |
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| Competition versus cooperation | |
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| The individual | |
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| Individualism | |
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| Individual and community | |
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| The individual in politics | |
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| Society | |
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| Collectivism | |
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| Theories of society | |
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| Social cleavages and identity | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Politics, Government and the State | |
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| Politics | |
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| The art of government | |
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| Public affairs | |
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| Power and resources | |
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| Government | |
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| Why have government? | |
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| Governments and governance | |
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| Political systems | |
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| The state | |
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| Government and the state | |
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| Theories of state | |
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| Role of the state | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Sovereignty, the Nation and Supranationalism | |
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| Sovereignty | |
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| Legal and political sovereignty | |
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| Internal sovereignty | |
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| External sovereignty | |
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| The nation | |
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| Cultural and political nations | |
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| Nationalism and cosmopolitanism | |
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| Nation-states and globalization | |
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| Supranationalism | |
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| Intergovernmentalism | |
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| Federalism and federations | |
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| Prospects of world government | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Power, Authority and Legitimacy | |
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| Power | |
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| Decision-making | |
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| Agenda-setting | |
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| Though control | |
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| Authority | |
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| Power and authority | |
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| Kinds of authority | |
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| Defenders and detractors | |
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| Legitimacy | |
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| Constitutionalism and consent | |
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| Ideological hegemony | |
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| Legitimation crises | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Law, Order and Justice | |
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| Law | |
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| The rule of law | |
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| Natural and positive law | |
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| Law and liberty | |
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| Order | |
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| Discipline and control | |
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| Natural harmony | |
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| Justifying punishment | |
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| Justice | |
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| Procedural justice | |
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| Substantive justice | |
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| Justifying law-breaking? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Rights, Obligations and Citizenship | |
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| Rights | |
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| Legal and moral rights | |
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| Human rights | |
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| Animal and other rights? | |
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| Obligations | |
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| Contractual obligations | |
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| Natural duty | |
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| Limits of political obligation | |
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| Citizenship | |
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| Elements of citizenship | |
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| Social or active citizenship? | |
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| Universal citizenship and diversity | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Democracy, Representation and the Public Interest | |
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| Democracy | |
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| Direct and indirect democracy | |
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| Liberal democracy | |
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| Virtues and vices of democracy | |
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| Representation | |
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| Representatives or delegates? | |
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| Elections and mandates | |
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| Characteristic representation | |
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| The public interest | |
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| Private and public interests | |
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| Is there a public interest? | |
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| Dilemmas of democracy | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Freedom, Toleration and Liberation | |
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| Freedom | |
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| Liberty and licence | |
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| Negative freedom | |
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| Positive freedom | |
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| Toleration | |
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| Toleration and difference | |
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| The case for toleration | |
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| Limits of toleration | |
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| Liberation | |
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| National liberation | |
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| Sexual liberation | |
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| Politics of liberation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Equality, Social Justice and Welfare | |
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| Equality | |
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| Formal equality | |
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| Equality of opportunity | |
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| Equality of outcome | |
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| Social justice | |
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| According to needs | |
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| According to rights | |
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| According to deserts | |
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| Welfare | |
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| Welfare, poverty and social exclusion | |
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| In praise of welfare | |
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| Welfare: roll-back or reform? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Property, Planning and the Market | |
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| Property | |
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| Private property | |
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| Common property | |
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| State property | |
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| Planning | |
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| The planning process | |
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| Promise of planning | |
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| Perils of planning | |
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| The market | |
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| The market mechanism | |
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| Miracle of the market | |
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| Market failures | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Tradition, Progress and Utopia | |
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| Tradition | |
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| Defending the status quo | |
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| Reclaiming the past | |
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| Change in order to conserve | |
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| Progress | |
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| The forward march of history | |
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| Progress through reform | |
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| Progress through revolution | |
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| Utopia | |
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| Features of utopianism | |
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| Political utopias | |
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| End of utopia? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |