GOVT2003: THEORIES OF THE STATE

This course examines the contemporary debate on the nature of the state, focusing on the ideas of some of the most important philosophers. The main thinkers and issues may include Rawls, Dworkin, Gewirth, and the question of social injustice; Hayek, Nozick and the libertarian perspective; Marx and the limits of liberal democracy; and Lyotard, Foucault Habermas and the post-modern perspective.