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03340aam a2200385 i 4500 001 19F33B1878F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220119010213 008 210323s2021 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021013666 020 $a 0197541038 020 $a 9780197541036 035 $a (OCoLC)1246674759 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d VTU $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HM891 $b .P37 2021 100 1 $a Pasternak, Avia, $d 1975- $e author. 245 10 $a Responsible citizens, irresponsible states : $b should citizens pay for their state's wrongdoings? / $c Avia Pasternak. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xi, 249 pages ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "International and domestic laws commonly hold states responsible for their wrongdoings. States pay compensation for their unjust wars, and reparations for their historical wrongdoings. Some argue that states should incur punitive damages for their international crimes. But there is a troubling aspect to these practices: States are corporate agents, comprised of flesh and blood citizens. When the state uses the public purse to finance its corporate liabilities, the burden falls on these citizens, even if they protested against the state's policies, did not know about them, or entirely lacked channels of political influence. How can this "distributive effect" of state-level responsibly be justified? The book develops an answer to this question, which revolves around citizens' participation in their state. It argues that citizenship can be a type of massive collective action, where citizens willingly orient themselves around the authority of their state, and where state policies are the product of this collective action. While most ordinary citizens are not to blame for their participation in their state, they nevertheless ought to accept a share of the remedial obligations that flow from their state's wrongful policies. However, the distributive effect cannot be justified in all states. Specifically, in (some) non-democratic states most citizens are not participating in their state in the full sense, and should not pay for their state's wrongdoings. This finding calls then for a revision of the way we hold states responsible in both the domestic and international levels"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Progress $x Moral and ethical aspects. 650 0 $a Social change $x Moral and ethical aspects. 650 0 $a Citizenship $x Moral and ethical aspects. 650 0 $a State, The $x Moral and ethical aspects. 650 0 $a Moral conditions. 650 7 $a Citizenship $x Moral and ethical aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00861924 650 7 $a Moral conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01026043 650 7 $a Progress $x Moral and ethical aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01078727 650 7 $a State, The $x Moral and ethical aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01131947 776 08 $i Online version: $a Pasternak, Avia, 1975- $t Responsible citizens, irresponsible states $d New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2021 $z 9780197541050 $w (DLC) 2021013667 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220526015431.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=19F33B1878F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search