Membership dilemmas persist even in border-sealing preference-maximizing states.

Evidence

Even in the radical view suggested by Posner— in which the state seals its borders and ignores its future, seeking only to implement the preferences of existing citizens— the question of membership still haunts the community in the form of wellknown paradoxes of social choice that have been identifi ed by Amartya Sen and Kenneth Arrow. — Douglas A. Kysar, Regulating from Nowhere, 461

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Membership questions structure all other political judgments and resist analytical resolution. — Douglas A. Kysar, Regulating from Nowhere: Environmental…, 461; Opting out of cooperation is individually feasible but not in the aggregate — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2763; A state’s desire for club membership gives outsiders leverage to constrain its behavior — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 819

Broader Connections

• A state’s desire for club membership gives outsiders leverage to constrain its behavior #corroborates (0.80) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 819
• Opting out of cooperation is individually feasible but not in the aggregate #qualifies (0.75) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2763