book "the best of the works on current political thinking." Coker also edited several works on political theory, which became "standard anthologies in political theory courses," and wrote numerous articles in journals and other publications. The central themes in all of his work were theories of the state, and the nature of liberal democracy. References External links Full text of Organismic Theories of the State available from Google books. 1878 births 1963 deaths University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Harvard University alumni Columbia University alumni Ohio State University faculty American political scientists American political philosophers Yale University faculty People from Society Hill, South Carolina