{"product_id":"9780197541036-responsible-citizens-irresponsible-states-should-citizens-pay-for-their-states-wrongdoings","title":"Pasternak Avia (Associate Professor In Political Theory Associate Professor In Political Theory University College London) - Responsible Citizens Irresponsible States Should Citizens Pay For Their States Wrongdoings? - Hardcover","description":"Binding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: States are often held responsible for their wrongdoings. States pay compensation for their unjust wars as did Iraq in the aftermath of its invasion of Kuwait. States pay reparations for their historical wrongdoings as did Chile to the victims of the Pinochet Regime or Germany to Israel and other countries because of the Holocaust. Some argue that they should pay punitive damages for their international crimes as well. But state responsibility has a troubling feature: states are corporate agents comprising flesh and blood citizens. When they turn to the public purse to finance their corporate liabilities it is their citizens who pay the price. Even citizens who protested against their state's policies did not know about them or had no influence on policy makers end up sharing the burden. Why should these citizens pay for their state's wrongdoings if they don't carry the blame? Responsible Citizens Irresponsible States develops a fresh justification for citizens duties to share the burden of their state's wrongdoings. This justification revolves around citizens participation in their state: drawing on recent debates in the philosophy of collective action Avia Pasternak shows that citizens are acting together in their state and that their state policies are the product of this collective action. Given this participation citizens ought to share the burden of remedying harmful wrongs their state policies bring about. However she also argues that not all citizens in all states are participating in their state. In many authoritarian states citizens participation in the state is highly restricted or coerced. Here ordinary citizens do not share responsibility for their state policies and should not be forced to pay for them. These conclusions carry significant real - world implications for the way domestic international law holds various types of states and their citizens responsible for their wrongdoings. This work is essential for political theorists and philosophers grappling with citizen responsibility and duty.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Responsible Citizens Irresponsible States Should Citizens Pay For Their States Wrongdoings?\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Pasternak Avia (Associate Professor In Political Theory Associate Professor In Political Theory University College London)\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780197541036\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 264 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 8\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Political Science \u0026amp; Theory","brand":"Pasternak Avia (Associate Professor In Political Theory Associate Professor In Political Theory University College London)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49591896899889,"sku":"IN-G-9780197541036","price":109.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9780197541036.jpg?v=1754873395","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780197541036-responsible-citizens-irresponsible-states-should-citizens-pay-for-their-states-wrongdoings","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}