Citizenship and the Legitimacy of Governance: Anthropology in the Mediterranean Region - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1138267694 ISBN 13: 9781138267695

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2016

Riassunto

Against the background of unease at the increasingly loose and conflictual relationship between citizenship and governance, this book brings together rich, ethnographic studies from EU member states and post-Communist and Middle-Eastern countries in the Mediterranean Region to illustrate the crisis of legitimacy inherent in the weakening link between political responsibility and trust in the exercise of power. With close attention to the impact of the ambiguities and distortions of governance at the local level and their broader implications at the international level, where a state's legitimacy depends on its democratic credentials, Citizenship and the Legitimacy of Governance initiates a comparative discussion of the relationship between established moralities, politics, law and civil society in a highly diversified region with a strong history of cultural exchange. Demonstrating that a comparative anthropological analysis has much to offer to our understanding, this volume reveals that the city is a crucial arena for the renegotiation of citizenship, democracy and belonging.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Italo Pardo is Honorary Reader in Social Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, University of Kent, UK

Giuliana B. Prato, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Kent, UK and Chair of the Commission on Urban Anthropology (IUAES).

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1138267694
• ISBN 13: 9781138267695
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 236
• Redattore: Pardo Italo