Politics of Moral Capital

Klappentext Mandela! Aung San Suu Kyi and Clinton are among those whose 'moral capital' is considered. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John Kane, John (Griffith University Kane, Kane John
• Mitarbeit: Russell Hardin (Herausgeber), Ian Shapiro (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 23.08.2001
• EAN: 9780521663571
• ISBN: 978-0-521-66357-1
• Seiten: 288
• Serien: Contemporary Political Theory; Contemporary Political Theory
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory