Rational legitimacy :: a theory of political support /

This book confronts one of the central questions of political science: how people choose to accept or not to accept particular governments. In contrast to the prevailing view that citizens' decisions about the legitimacy of their governments are strongly conditioned by political culture and soc...

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Main Author: Rogowski, Ronald (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1974.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:This book confronts one of the central questions of political science: how people choose to accept or not to accept particular governments. In contrast to the prevailing view that citizens' decisions about the legitimacy of their governments are strongly conditioned by political culture and socialization and are hence largely non-rational, Ronald Rogowski argues that such decisions may indeed be the product of rational choice. The book proceeds both from recent work in the theory of voting and constitutional choice and from the older tradition of contract theory to postulate that decisions a.
Physical Description:1 online resource (324 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400870905
1400870909

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