Legitimacy in the Modern State - Couverture souple

Schaar, John H.

 
9780887387722: Legitimacy in the Modern State
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0887387721 ISBN 13 : 9780887387722
Editeur : Transaction Publishers, 1981

Synopsis

This analysis of the concept of authority in Western society constitutes a central work in political sociology and a fundamental critique of the process of modernization. Schaar proposes that legitimate authority is declining in the modern state. Law and order, in a very real sense, is the basic political issue of our time -- one that conservatives have understood with greater clarity than their liberal adversaries. Schaar sees what were once authoritative institutions and ideas yielding to technological and bureaucratic orders. The later brings physical comfort and a sense of collective power, but does not provide political liberty or moral autonomy. As a result, he argues, all modern states exhibiting this transformation of authority into technology are well advanced along the path of a crisis of legitimacy.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This analysis of the concept of authority in Western society constitutes a central work in political sociology and a fundamental critique of the process of modernization. Schaar proposes that legitimate authority is declining in the modern state. Law and order, in a very real sense, is the basic political issue of our time -- one that conservatives have understood with greater clarity than their liberal adversaries. Schaar sees what were once authoritative institutions and ideas yielding to technological and bureaucratic orders. The later brings physical comfort and a sense of collective power, but does not provide political liberty or moral autonomy. As a result, he argues, all modern states exhibiting this transformation of authority into technology are well advanced along the path of a crisis of legitimacy.

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Éditeur
Transaction Publishers
Date d'édition
1981
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0887387721
ISBN 13 
9780887387722
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
368
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0878553371 ISBN 13 :  9780878553372
Editeur : Transaction Publishers, 1981
Couverture rigide