Does order need a state? The earlier parts argued that it doesn’t need a master plan: people coordinate, keep promises and settle disputes long before anyone claims the sole right to do it for them. The state is one arrangement among many. What sets it apart is the claim to rule everyone in a territory, whether they agree or not. This part asks what could justify that claim, and what follows if nothing does.
It takes up four questions: consent (did anyone agree to be governed?), anarchism or minarchism (if there is to be a state, how little of one?), democracy (does voting turn rule into self-rule?), and watchability (how the governed can see what power does in their name).
Chapters
Consent of the Governed
Anarchist or Minarchist? (forthcoming)
The Limits of Democracy (forthcoming)
Power Has to Be Watchable (forthcoming)
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