Legitimacy and politics : a contribution to the study of political right and political responsibility / Jean-Marc Coicaud ; translated and edited by David Ames Curtis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coicaud, Jean-Marc, author.

Contributor:

Curtis, David Ames, translator, editor.

Standardized Title:

Légitimité et politique. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legitimacy of governments.

Political obligation.

Rule of law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 259 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Legitimacy & Politics

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The increase in cases of political corruption, the loss of politicians' credibility, the development of social and political forms of pathology (notably the rise of the extreme right along with exclusionist ideologies), and the role of the State have been at the center of political debates. In one way or another, these problems raise the question of the legitimacy of the established powers. The result is that legitimacy, a key notion of political thought in general, has today become a burning issue. Coicaud examines all these issues and proffers insightful answers to questions such as the connections between morality and politics, how rulers acquire or lose the right to govern, and how one can become the advocate of a theory of political justice that, while establishing limits, respects and even ensures the promotion of plurality within societies.

Contents:

What is political legitimacy?

Controversies around political legitimacy

Modernity, rationality of the social sciences and legitimacy

Social sciences, historicity and truth

Study of politics, relation to history and de jure judgment

Community experience, dynamic of possibilities and political legitimacy.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

1-107-12932-X

1-280-43261-6

0-511-17822-0

0-511-04099-7

0-511-14870-4

0-511-33047-2

0-511-49020-8

0-511-04629-4

OCLC:

437063497