"111" Result
Sort By:
Political theory has undergone a remarkable development in recent years. A systematic study of legitimacy within social science, the book starts as a critique of Weber and examines the link betwen a social-scientific approach and the various philosophical traditions of theorizin…
Political theory has undergone a remarkable development in recent years. A systematic study of legitimacy within social science, the book starts as a critique of Weber and examines the link betwen a social-scientific approach and the various philosophical traditions of theorizin…
Classical arguments about the legitimate use of force have crucially shaped the norms and institutions of contemporary international society. But what specific lessons can we learn from the classical European philosophers and jurists when thinking about humanitarian intervention…
"Writing and the Ancient State explores the early development of writing and its relationship to the growth of political structures. The first part of the book focuses on the contribution of writing to the state's legitimating project. The second part deals with the state's use …
The present collection of articles is based on data from the European Social Survey (ESS) and analyses the changes in European societies. The first part of the volume is devoted to relations between legitimization, subjective well-being, voting patterns, and the role of social c…
Israel's Securitization Dilemma -- Ontological Insecurity and the Securitization of the Jewish Identity of the State -- The Arab Boycott and Early Israeli Debates on the Threats of Delegitimization -- BDS and the Battle for Israel's Legitimacy -- The Losing Battle -- Resolving t…
Israel's Securitization Dilemma -- Ontological Insecurity and the Securitization of the Jewish Identity of the State -- The Arab Boycott and Early Israeli Debates on the Threats of Delegitimization -- BDS and the Battle for Israel's Legitimacy -- The Losing Battle -- Resolving t…
Titoist Yugoslavia is a particularly interesting setting to examine the integrity of the modern nation-state, especially the viability of distinctly multi-ethnic nation-building projects. Scholarly literature on the brutal civil wars that destroyed Yugoslavia during the 1990s em…