ISBN details
- ISBN 10: 0198716230
- ISBN 13: 9780198716235
Overview
How do political authorities build support for themselves and their rule? Doing so is key to accruing power, but it can be a complicated affair. This book shows how social processes can legitimate new rulers and make their exercise of power seem natural. Historically, political authorities have used carefully crafted symbols and practices to create a cultural infrastructure for rule, most notably through nationalism and state-building. The European Union (EU), as a new governance form, faces a particularly acute set of challenges in naturalising itself.Other Details
- Publisher: Oxford University Press,
- Language: Eng English
- Format: print
- Edition: 1
- Dimensions: xiii, 208 pages ; 25 cm
- Date Published: 2015
- Authors: Mcnamara, Kathleen R. , 1962- (author.)