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Addresses the prominent problem of state legitimacy and unites contributions of sociologists, political scientists and philosophers
Provides an interdisciplinary perspective leading to a better understanding of the difficulties to legitimize a state especially in contemporary pluralistic societies
Presents and combine innovative ideas to improve both moral and rational accounts of state legitimacy as well as inventive alternatives to ensure the stability of states; hence, the volume brings together and shows the interconnections of three major aspects of state legitimacy normally discussed separately
The main contributions are followed by short commentaries, thus providing a critical appraisal perspective on the proposed ideas
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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State Legitimacy and the Role of Morality
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How Necessary is Morality to Legitimize a State?
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Which Role can Rationality Play for State Legitimacy?
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How to Ensure the Stability of a Legitimate State?
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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90425 Nürnberg, Germany
Jörg Kühnelt
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Political Legitimization without Morality?
Editors: Jörg Kühnelt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8576-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8575-8Published: 08 August 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7917-6Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8576-5Published: 08 July 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 208
Topics: Philosophy, general, Ethics, Political Philosophy