{"product_id":"the-polycentric-republic-a-theory-of-civil-order-for-free-and-diverse-societies-9781041086383","title":"The Polycentric Republic: A Theory of Civil Order for Free and Diverse Societies","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Thunder\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge India\u003cbr\u003e • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Polycentric Republic presents a compelling and innovative critique of modern social contract theory. It reveals how the social contract theory systematically neglects the interests and prerogatives of non-State associations and legitimates an imposing sovereign State that jeopardizes the freedom and integrity of communities and associations under its rule. Drawing on neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics, institutional theory, and political history, the author invites us to reimagine civil order in a way that is more friendly to the diverse interests and prerogatives of non-State communities and organizations, from churches, schools, and universities to farming co-ops, businesses, villages, and towns. Building on MacIntyre?s diagnosis of the moral and institutional failures of the modern State, this book offers a historically informed and institutionally rigorous critique of the pathologies of sovereign power. In addition, it proposes a novel reinterpretation of federalism as a complex, emergent order created through bottom-up, inter-group cooperation constrained by the rule of law but consistent with a wide variety of independent communities and ways of life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45368574705815,"sku":"9781041086383","price":907.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781041086383.webp?v=1769292131","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-polycentric-republic-a-theory-of-civil-order-for-free-and-diverse-societies-9781041086383","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}