Loewe, Markus; Trautner, Bernhard; Zintl, Tina - Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik - 2019
The social contract is a key concept in social science literature focusing on state-society relations. It refers to the "entirety of explicit or implicit agreements between all relevant societal groups and the sovereign (i.e. the government or any other actor in power), defining their rights and...