John Kane (Queensland Griffith University)

The Politics of Moral Capital

Herausgeber: Hardin, Russell; Shapiro, Ian

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Politicians and governments care deeply about people's moral judgments, which provide the moral capital needed for survival and effective functioning. Lincoln, de Gaulle, Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi illustrate the workings of moral capital in politics, and a study of the American presidency considers moral capital in the US.

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Produktdetails

• Contemporary Political Theory
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780521663571
• ISBN-10: 0521663571
• Artikelnr.: 22409553

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Moral Capital: 1. Moral capital and politics
2. Moral capital and leadership
Part II. Moral Capital in Times of Crisis: 3. Abraham Lincoln - the long-purposed man
4. Charles de Gaulle - the man of storms
Part III. Moral Capital and Dissident Politics: 5. Nelson Mandela - the moral phenomenon
6. Aung San Suu Kyi - her father's daughter
Part IV. Moral Capital and the American Presidency: 7. Kennedy and American virtue
8. Crisis
9. Aftermath
10. Denouement.