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Legitimizing authority : American government and the promise of equality / Boris Vormann and Christian Lammert ; translated by Susan H. Gillespie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lammert, Christian, author.
- Vormann, Boris, author.
- Series:
- Routledge research in American politics and governance
- Standardized Title:
- Versprechen der Gleichheit. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--United States.
- Democracy.
- Equality--United States.
- Equality.
- Political participation--United States.
- Political participation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Boris Vormann is a Professor of Politics and Director of the Politics Section at Bard College Berlin. His recent books include The Emergence of Illiberalism (2021, coedited with Michael Weinman) and Democracy in Crisis: The Neoliberal Roots of Popular Unrest (with Christian Lammert, 2019). His current project examines the role of the state in building thelogistical infrastructures of expanding global trade networks. Christian Lammert is aProfessorof Political Science with a focus on Political Systems in North America, John F. Kennedy Institute, FU Berlin. He has published widely on inequality, healthcare policy, and comparative welfare state research. A handbook on American politics (Handbuch Politik USA, coedited with Markus B. Siewert and Boris Vormann) is forthcoming in itsthird edition. Susan H. Gillespie is an international educator and professional translator from German to English. She is the Bard College Fellow in Translation and Translatability and Founding Director of the Institute for International Liberal Education at Bard. Her published translations include philosophy, musicology, fiction, politics, and poetry. She is a member of the Board of Advisors and former Vice Chairman of Words Without Borders, and Second Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of Bard College Berlin.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Crises of democracy, more globally considered
- Modern sources of legitimacy
- Universalisms of an elite nation-building project
- Mass democracy and the Fordist compromise
- Maintaining the promise in the era of globalization
- Rethinking equality for today.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Das Versprechen der Gleichheit : Legitimation und die Grenzen der Demokratie / Christian Lammert, Boris Vormann.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed January 19th, 2024)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Lammert, Christian. Legitimizing authority
- ISBN:
- 9781003384670
- 1003384676
- 9781003817246
- 1003817246
- 9781003817222
- 100381722X
- Publisher Number:
- 40032170303
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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