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Freedom in chains : the rise of the state and the demise of the citizen / James Bovard.
Van Pelt Library JC599.U5 B596 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bovard, James.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil rights--United States.
- Civil rights.
- United States.
- Government, Resistance to--United States.
- Government, Resistance to.
- Liberty.
- State, The.
- Physical Description:
- 326 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- The bestselling author of "Lost Rights" takes a hard look at how governments have grown powerful at the expense of the citizens they govern.
- Contents:
- 2. The Great Pretending: The State, Ideal & Real 9
- 3. The Mirage of Welfare State Freedom 51
- 4. Cagekeepers and Caretakers: Modern Democracy 97
- 5. The Moral Glorification of Leviathan 141
- 6. Sovereignty & Political Slavery 187
- 7. Paternalism versus the Blessings of Liberty 219
- 8. A Few Thoughts on an Ideal Political Order 249
- 9. Taking Coercion Seriously 261.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-314) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312214413
- OCLC:
- 39640031
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