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Sovereignty : an Inquiry Into the Political Good by Bertrand de Jouvenel is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Sovereignty : an Inquiry Into the Political Good about?

"Who decides? Who is the Sovereign? What is a good act?" In quest of answers to these vitally important questions, Bertrand de Jouvenel examines successively the nature and history of authority, the political good, the sovereign, and liberty. His concern is with "the prospects for individual liberty in democratic societies in which sovereignty purportedly resides in the whole people of the body politic." His objective is a definition and understanding of "the canons of conduct for the public authority of a dynamic society." He writes for "whoever would exercise the duties of a citizen." Sovereignty is the sequel to Jouvenel's widely acclaimed On Power, and was originally published in 1955.

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Bertrand de Jouvenel
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
1972
Language
EN
ISBN
9780226141619
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Political Science, Politics, Social_sciences

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