The social contract in black and white: Racial differences in evaluations of government

Timothy Bledsoe; Lee Sigelman; Susan Welch; Michael W. Combs

doi:10.4324/9780429502002

The social contract in black and white: Racial differences in evaluations of government

Timothy Bledsoe, Lee Sigelman, Susan Welch, Michael W. Combs

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Central to all social contract theories 1 is the idea that individuals come together freely to establish a framework that will allow them to interact with one another in mutually beneficial ways. Through the contract, certain rights are reserved to individual citizens and protected against encroachment by either fellow citizens or government.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Broken Contract?
Subtitle of host publication	Changing Relationships between Americans and their Government
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	208-225
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9780429970559
ISBN (Print)	9780813322636
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429502002
State	Published - Jan 1 2018

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