The right to rule
Subtitle: how states win and lose legitimacy
By: Bruce Gilley.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780231138727; 9780231511254
Subjects: Legitimacy of governments; Uganda -- Politics and government -- 1979-
Description: "Through a remarkable fusion of empirical research and theory, [author] makes clear the link between political consent and political rule. Fixing a definition of legitimacy that is both general and particular, he is able to study the role of legitimacy as it has been maintained and lost in a diverse selection of societies. He begins by detailing the origins of state legitimacy and the methods governments have used to wield it best. He then considers the habits of less successful states, exploring how the process works across different styles of government."--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The empirical study of legitimacy; title: Sources of legitimacy; title: Change over time : legitimation; title: An historical case : Uganda after 1986; title: The consequences of legitimacy; title: Conclusion : widening our horizons.