Women, political philosophy and politics /

Sperling, Liz.

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

Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-208) and index. 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.

0748611088 (pbk.)

2002442689

GBA1-Y9645


Women--Political activity.
Political science--Philosophy.

HQ1236 / .S68 2001

320.01