Democracy's deep roots : why the nation state remains legitimate

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Title:

Author:

Schneider, Steffen.

ISBN:

9780230247628

Publication Information:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2010.

Physical Description:

253 p. ; 23 cm.

Series:

Transformations of the state

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

A legitimacy crisis of the democratic nation state? -- The communicative dimension of legitimacy : a text analytical perspective -- How stable is the legitimacy of the democratic nation state? -- How democratic is the legitimacy of the democratic nation state? -- Relegitimation strategies : countering threats to the legitimacy of political systems -- Broadening the agenda of legitimacy research --

Subject Term:

Nation-state.

Democracy.

Legitimacy of governments.

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Schneider, Steffen.

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Does the democratic nation state remain a legitimate regime form in the current age of globalization? This book uses a novel, analytical approach to probe this topical question, drawing on a comparative study of legitimation discourses in the media of four Western democracies (Switzerland, Germany, Britain, and the United States.)