Polity

In Michael T. Gibbons (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Political Thought. Wiley-Blackwell (2013)
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Abstract

The term “polity” is used casually today to describe almost any political community. It is so broad that it has lost any theoretical import. In contrast, it had a much more focused – even technical – meaning in ancient, and especially Aristotelian thought.

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