Consent, Dissent, and Patriotism

Klappentext This book explains why citizens sometimes comply with and sometimes disobey the demands of democratic governments. Zusammenfassung This book explains the institutionalization of policy in response to anticipated and actual citizen behavior and the conditions under which citizens give! refuse and withdraw their consent. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series editors' preface; Acknowledgements; 1. History as politics; 2. The contingencies of consent; 3. Gone for a soldier; 4. The price of citizenship; 5. The institution of conscription; 6. Giving and refusing consent: citizen response in the Canadian conscription crises; 7. A weapon against war: conscientious objection in the United States, Australia and France; 8. The democratization of compliance; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Levi, Margaret (University of Washington) Levi
• Assisted by: Randall Calvert (Editor), Thrainn Eggertsson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.1997
• EAN: 9780521599610
• ISBN: 978-0-521-59961-0
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Political Economy of Instituti; Political Economy of Instituti
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories