Portal:Political theory
Political theory, or political philosophy, is the study of such topics as politics, liberty, justice, property, rights, law, and the enforcement of a legal code by authority: what they are, why (or even if) they are needed, what, if anything, makes a government legitimate, what rights and freedoms it should protect and why, what form it should take and why, what the law is, and what duties citizens owe to a legitimate government, if any, and when it may be legitimately overthrown, if ever.
Works
edit- Back to the Republic, 1921 by Harry Fuller Atwood
- Essay on the First Principles of Government, 2nd Edition, 1771 by Joseph Priestley
- The History of Freedom in Antiquity, 1877 by John Acton
- The History of Freedom in Christianity, 1877 by John Acton
- The Theory of Business Enterprise, 1904 by Thorstein Veblen
- The Theory of Social Revolutions, 1913 by Brooks Adams
Forms of the state
editModern state
edit- The Prince, 1513 by Niccolò Machiavelli
Political ideology
editConservatism
editEgalitarianism
editLiberalism
edit- Liberalism, 1911 by Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse
Progressivism
edit- The Wisconsin Idea, 1912 by Charles McCarthy