Italo Pardo Morals of Legitimacy (Hardback) New Directions in Anthropology
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Further Details Title: Morals of Legitimacy Condition: New Subtitle: Between Agency and the System ISBN-10: 1571817654 EAN: 9781571817655 ISBN: 9781571817655 Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated Format: Hardback Release Date: 02/15/2001 Description: With the growing fragmentation of western societies and disillusionment with the political process, the question of legitimacy has become one of the key issues of contemporary politics and is examined in this volume in depth for the first time. Drawing on ethnographic material from the U.S., Europe, India, Japan, and Africa, anthropologists and legal scholars investigate the morally diversified definitions of legitimacy that co-exist in any one society. Aware of the tensions between state morality and community morality, they offer reflections on the relationship between agency - individual and collective - and the legal and political systems. In a situation in which politics has only too often degenerated into vacuous rhetoric, this volume demonstrates how critical the relationship between trust and legitimacy is for the authoritative exercise of power in democratic societies. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 216mm Item Length: 140mm Item Weight: 472g Contributor: Italo Pardo (Edited by) Author: Italo Pardo Genre: Law & Politics Topic: Social Sciences, Society & Culture Book Series: New Directions in Anthropology Release Year: 2001 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
