The Orthocratic State
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: June 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780275977979
Subjects: Local government; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Constitutional; History & Theory - General; Political Science / History & Theory; Government - State & Provincial; Equality; State, The
First sentence: In the opening passage of his introduction to political theory, Alexander d'Entreves penned a number of lines that neatly capture the sense of venturing into the mysterious that one might experience upon undertaking a serious examination of the idea of the state: From the hour of birth to the hour of death our life is beset with innumerable forces which obstruct or protect its course and often determine its fate.