This book explores the metaphysics of political communities. It discusses how and why a plurality of individuals becomes a political unity, what principles or f

Communities of respect are communities of people sharing common practices or a (partial) way of life; they include families, clubs, religious groups, and politi

Engaging Authority: Citizenship and Political Community aims to explore how authority is entailed in different versions of citizenship and political community.

Focusing on deep conflicts between the medical establishment and the working class, Martha Balshem chronicles a health education project in “Tannerstown,” a

This important study of episcopal office and clerical identity in a socially and culturally dynamic region of medieval Europe examines the construction and repr