Steve M. DeLue is Professor and Chair of Political Science at Miami University, Ohio.

"It is a concise well-written treatment of the issue of political obligation in a liberal society. It is not overburdened with extraneous material and cuts a straight path through the issues with a definite—albeit, from some perspectives, a contentious—argument." — John G. Gunnel, State University of New York at Albany

• Introduction 1 Political Obligation in Liberal States 2 The Enlarged Culture and Obligation: The General Argument 3 The Motivation for an Enlarged Culture 4 A Question of Conscience 5 The Signs of an Enlarged Citizen-State Culture 6 A Critique of Participatory Theories 7 The Social Learning Process in a Liberal Regime 8 The Political Will of an Enlarged Culture 9 The Surrounding Conversation of Liberal Societies Notes Selected Bibliography Index