Morality, Governance, and Social Institutions Reflections on Russell Hardin /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Christiano, Thomas (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Creppell, Ingrid (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Knight, Jack (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Political theory.; Political philosophy.; Law-Philosophy.; Law.; Political Theory.; Political Philosophy.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.

This book reflects on the research and career of political theorist Russell Hardin from scholars of Political Science, Philosophy, Sociology, Economics, and Law, among other disciplines. Contributions address core issues of political theory as perceived by Hardin, starting with his insistence that m...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Political Psychology of Constitution-Making
• 3. Russell Hardin's Hobbes
• 4. "FüHrer Befiehl, Wir Folgen Dir!": Opinion Dynamics in Extremist Groups
• 5. Trendsetters and Norm Change
• 6. Self-ESTEEM
• 7. Violence and Politics in Northern Ireland: IRA/Sinn Fein's Strategy and the 2005 Disarmament
• 8. The Priority of Social Morality
• 9. The Liberty of the Ancient from a Humean Perspective
• 10. A Political Theory of Constitutional Democracy: On Legitimacy of Constitutional Courts in Stable Liberal Democracies
• 11. Assesing Constitutional Efficacy:  Motivated by Constitutional Law or by Social Norms? How Can We Know?
• 12. Constitutions as Conventions: A History of Non-Reception
• 13. On the Twentieth Anniversary of One for All: The Logic of Group Conflict in Northern Ireland and Beyond.