Political Philosophy and Politics

Abstract

Includes index. Women, political philosophy and politics : theory and practice in conflict? -- The state of nature and the origins of the exclusionary state -- The state that ends at the front door -- Citizenship and representation : a case of protective custody? -- Plato and Aristotle : androcracy incarnate -- Hobbes and Locke : divine right of contract man -- Rousseau : education for the common good -- Mil, Marx and Engels : equality and the common man -- Rawls and Nozick : justice and masculinised politics -- Never decreasing circles : the legacy of political philosophy.