Legitimacy and Politics
A Contribution to the Study of Political Right and Political Responsibility
Jean-Marc Coicaud author David Ames Curtis editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:31st Oct '02
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Recently corruption, extremism and public distrust have raised questions over political legitimacy. In this book, Coicaud examines these issues.
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.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.
ISBN: 9780521787826
Dimensions: 228mm x 152mm x 20mm
Weight: 459g
288 pages