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The politics of moral capital /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The politics of moral capital // John Kane.
Author:	Kane, John,
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 277 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Legitimacy of governments. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511490279
ISBN:	9780511490279 (ebook)

The politics of moral capital /
Kane, John,1945 April 18-

The politics of moral capital /John Kane. - 1 online resource (ix, 277 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Contemporary political theory. - Contemporary political theory..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Moral capital and politics -- Moral capital and leadership -- Abraham Lincoln: the long-purposed man -- Charles De Gaulle: the man of storms -- Nelson Mandela: the moral phenomenon -- Aung San Suu Kyi: her father's daughter -- Kennedy and American virtue -- Crisis -- Aftermath -- Denouement.

It is often said that politics is an amoral realm of power and interest in which moral judgment is irrelevant. In this book, by contrast, John Kane argues that people's positive moral judgments of political actors and institutions provide leaders with an important resource, which he christens 'moral capital'. Negative judgements cause a loss of moral capital which jeopardizes legitimacy and political survival. Studies of several historical and contemporary leaders - Lincoln, de Gaulle, Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi - illustrate the significance of moral capital for political legitimation, mobilizing support, and the creation of strategic opportunities. In the book's final section, Kane applies his arguments to the American presidency from Kennedy to Clinton. He argues that a moral crisis has afflicted the nation at its mythical heart and has been refracted through and enacted within its central institutions, eroding the moral capital of government and people and undermining the nation's morale.

ISBN: 9780511490279 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

559478
Legitimacy of governments.

LC Class. No.: JC328.2 / .K36 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 320/.01/1

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