The State: Symbolic Unity, Divided Lives

Ann E. Davis

Chapter Chapter Three in The Evolution of the Property Relation, 2015, pp 59-93 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The relationship between property and the state is long standing, if complex. According to a Hobbesian perspective, property is the creation of the state. By contrast, according to Locke, property can provide the rationale for rebellion against the state. For New Institutional Economics, protection of property is the most important function of the state to promote economic growth. For Smith, property is an indicator of the stages of development of the state and society (Pocock 1979, 155, 158; Taylor 2004, 47–48. 82, fn.12; Hont 2005, 101–102, 419–443). For Marx, property is a determinant of class position, and the structure of the state.

Keywords: Property Relation; Early Modern Period; Corporate Form; Merchant Guild; Republican Tradition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137346568_3

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