Freedom of Association, Volume II

Applied

Luke C. Sheahan, Kenneth B. McIntyre

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2025
• Print ISBN:
  9783031924408
• eBook ISBN:
  9783031924415
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Law Theory & Practice
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This two-volume set addresses freedom of association, one of the central liberties associated with classical liberalism. The concept of freedom of association has been largely neglected by political and moral philosophers over the past several centuries, despite the fact that the freedom to associate with fellow citizens (and non-citizens) is an implication of almost every version of liberalism capaciously considered. These two volumes take freedom of association seriously both as a theoretical concept and as an integral part of any genuine liberal regime. This second volume considers freedom of association from an applied perspective. It considers the freedom of association in conversation with various theorists (including Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Tocqueville) and in the context of specific case studies.

Table of contents

• Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism
• Freedom of Association, Volume II
• Contents
• Notes on Contributors
• 1. Introduction
• 2. John Locke and the Freedom to Associate
• 3. Man Divided Against Himself: Rousseau Against Associations
• 4. For the Credit of the Sect: Adam Smith’s Political Theory of Association
• 5. Democratic Self-Government and the Freedom of Association: Alexis de Tocqueville on the Quintessential American Freedom
• 6. Frederic Passy, the Peace Movement, and Freedoms of Association
• 7. The Political Economy and the Civil Culture of Freedom: Michael Oakeshott on Freedom of Association
• 8. A Laissez Faire of Groups: The Social Group as Free Association in the Thought of Robert Nisbet
• 9. Free Association and Management of the Commons: The Theoretical and Empirical Importance of Associational Rights in the Work of Elinor Ostrom
• Index