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Political Obligation, Freedom and Feminism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Carole Pateman  and
Nancy J. Hirschmann
Carole Pateman
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
Nancy J. Hirschmann
Affiliation:
The Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College and Cornell University
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Abstract

How should feminist theorists approach the analysis of political obligation and freedom? In her article in the December 1989 issue of this Review, Nancy Hirschmann proposed a fundamental reconstruction of these concepts. Carole Pateman agrees that liberal obligation theory inadequately treats the coercion of women and other groups under the guise of voluntary obligations. But she argues that Hirschmann goes too far, particularly in rejecting the priority of freedom. Hirschmann explicates their disagreements and her approach.

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Research Article
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American Political Science Review , Volume 86 , Issue 1 , March 1992 , pp. 179 - 188
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1992 

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