1st Edition
Authority and Democracy (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 5)
By April Carter
Copyright 1979
102 Pages
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Routledge
102 Pages
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Routledge
128 Pages
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Routledge
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This book debates the nature and functions of authority: it examines how far our inherited images of authority derive from an aristocratic and traditional order and considers which models of authority are still relevant in a democratic and rationalist society. It discusses the characteristics of the authority relationship, whether political authority differs from other kinds of authority, how... Read more
1. Authority in the Ancien Régime 2. Defining Authority 3. The Nature of Political Authority 4. Political Authority and Political Power 5. Authority in the Modern World 6. Authority and Revolution
Biography
April Carter
'This is a lively and lucid exposition of the concept and problem of authority in political and social life.’ – Political Studies, 28, 1980
