a contribution to the study of political right and political responsibility /
Jean-Marc Coicaud ; translated and edited by David Ames Curtis.
Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
1 online resource (xxvii, 259 pages)
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249) and index.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Translator s foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 What is political legitimacy?; 2 Controversies around political legitimacy; 3 Modernity, rationality of the social sciences, and legitimacy; 4 Social sciences, historicity, and truth; 5 Study of politics, relation to history, and de jure judgement; 6 Community experience, dynamic of possibilities, and political legitimacy; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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In recent years instances of corruption, extremism, and public distrust have increasingly raised the question of political legitimacy. Jean-Marc Coicaud examines the issue and offers answers to questions ranging from the connections between morality and politics, and how rulers acquire or lose the right to govern.