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The Right to Rule: How States Win and Lose Legitimacy
Bruce Gilley
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Description for The Right to Rule: How States Win and Lose Legitimacy
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illus., 15 tables. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Popular perceptions of a state's legitimacy are inextricably bound to its ability to rule. Vast military and material reserves cannot counter the power of a citizen's belief, and the more widespread the crisis of a state's legitimacy, the greater the threat to its stability. Even such established democracies as France and India are losing their moral claims over society, while such highly illiberal states as China and Iran enjoy strong showings of public support. Through a remarkable fusion of empirical research and theory, Bruce Gilley makes clear the link between political consent and political rule. Fixing a definition of ... Read more
Popular perceptions of a state's legitimacy are inextricably bound to its ability to rule. Vast military and material reserves cannot counter the power of a citizen's belief, and the more widespread the crisis of a state's legitimacy, the greater the threat to its stability. Even such established democracies as France and India are losing their moral claims over society, while such highly illiberal states as China and Iran enjoy strong showings of public support. Through a remarkable fusion of empirical research and theory, Bruce Gilley makes clear the link between political consent and political rule. Fixing a definition of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231138727
SKU
V9780231138727
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About Bruce Gilley
Bruce Gilley is an assistant professor of political science at Portland State University. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Democracy and is the author of China's Democratic Future: How It Will Happen and Where It Will Lead; Tiger on the Brink: Jiang Zemin and China's New Elite; Model Rebels: The Rise and Fall of China's Richest ... Read more
Reviews for The Right to Rule: How States Win and Lose Legitimacy
[An] important and ambitious book Survival This work is both normatively and empirically rich; its focus on data and methodology illuminates the subject rather than obscuring it...highly recommended. Choice A useful and long-overdue attempt to define and measure the important idea of legitimacy.
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