The social contract: an analytical tool for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and beyond
Loewe, Markus / Bernhard Trautner / Tina Zintl (2019)
Briefing Paper 17/2019
The social contract is a key term in social science literature focusing on state-society relations but has rarely been well. Our briefing paper suggests a concept where social contracts are sets of agreements between societal groups and the government on rights and obligations towards each other.