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General Will

General Will is a normative political theory within social contract philosophy that refers to the collective desire of citizens oriented toward the common good, distinguishing it from individual or factional interests by prioritizing the welfare and sovereignty of the polity as a whole.

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41

Authors

21

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

5

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Publications

44

Rousseau's General Will: A Condorcetian Perspective

Bernard Grofman, Scott L. Feld · American Political Science Review · 1988 · 471 citations

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Lectures on the history of political philosophy

Choice Reviews Online · 2007 · 234 citations

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Occasionalism and General Will in Malebranche

Steven Nadler · Journal of the history of philosophy · 1993 · 221 citations

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Democratic Theory and the Public Interest: Condorcet and Rousseau Revisited

David Estlund, Jeremy Waldron, Bernard Grofman et al. · American Political Science Review · 1989 · 190 citations · Full text

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Foundations of Hegel's Social Theory: Actualizing Freedom

Terry Pinkard, Frederick Neuhouser · The Philosophical Review · 2002 · 180 citations

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Authors

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  1. PR
    Patrick Riley

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    3 publications · 107 citations

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  2. AS
    Amartya Sen

    Harvard University Press, United States

    2 publications · 157 citations

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  3. SL
    Scott L. Feld

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    2 publications · 661 citations

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  4. SN
    Steven Nadler

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    2 publications · 270 citations

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  5. WG
    W. G. Runciman

    Trinity College, Canada

    2 publications · 157 citations

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Institutions

21

  1. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    851 citations

  2. Keele University

    Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    66 citations

  3. State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    661 citations

  4. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    81 citations

  5. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  6. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    57 citations

  7. Collège de France

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    51 citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    190 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 7 publications · 467 citations

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  2. American Political Science Review

    4 publications · 711 citations

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  3. The Philosophical Review

    3 publications · 289 citations

    3

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  4. The Review of Politics

    3 publications · 83 citations

    3

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  5. Political Studies

    2 publications · 25 citations

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