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Record Nr.

UNINA9910768498403321

Autore

Fossen Thomas

Titolo

Facing authority : a theory of political legitimacy / / Thomas Fossen [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , [2023]

©2024

ISBN

0-19-764573-9

0-19-764572-0

0-19-764571-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

320.011

Soggetti

Legitimacy of governments

Authority

Regime change

General will

Politics and Government

Politics & government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also issued in print: 2023.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Question of Legitimacy -- 1. Beyond Codification -- 2. Rethinking Legitimacy -- 3. Rethinking Judgment -- Part II: Judgment in the Face of Authority -- 4. Portraying Power -- 5. Legitimacy as an Existential Predicament -- 6. Judgment as Timecraft -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Facing Authority investigates the ways in which this question of legitimacy can be addressed in theory and practice, in the face of disagreement and uncertainty. Instead of asking What makes authorities legitimate?, in the abstract, it examines how the question of legitimacy of manifests itself in practice.