The Legitimation of New Orders
Author: Yuansheng Liang
Publisher: Chinese University Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9789629962395
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe contributors to this collection offer seven case studies that treat different aspects of political and ritual legitimation in China and Europe over the past two millennia. With a primary focus on crisis and change, the contributors analyze how rulers and states work to produce a popular political consensus that accepts their rule.