Coercion

Coercion
ISBN-10
1351527797
ISBN-13
9781351527798
Series
Coercion
Category
Social Science
Pages
471
Language
English
Published
2017-07-12
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
J. Roland Pennock, John W Chapman

Description

Coercion, it seems, like poverty and prejudice, has always been with us. Political thinkers and philosophers have been arguing its more direct and personal consequences for centuries. Today, at a point in history marked by dramatic changes and challenges to the existing military, political, and social order, coercion is more at the forefront of political activity than ever before. While the modern state has no doubt freed man from some of the forms of coercion by which he has traditionally been plagued, we hear now from all sectors of society complaints about systematic coerciveness-not only on the national and international levels, but on the individual level as well.

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