Kings or People: Power and the Mandate to Rule by Reinhard Bendix: Used

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Publication Date
1980-04-08
Pages
704
ISBN
0520040902
Book Title
Kings or People : Power and the Mandate to Rule
Publisher
University of California Press
Item Length
9.2 in
Publication Year
1980
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.3 in
Author
Reinhard Bendix
Genre
Political Science, Social Science
Topic
Public Affairs & Administration, Sociology / General
Item Weight
36.8 Oz
Item Width
6.2 in
Number of Pages
704 Pages
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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520040902
ISBN-13
9780520040908
eBay Product ID (ePID)
424259

Product Key Features

Book Title
Kings or People : Power and the Mandate to Rule
Number of Pages
704 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Public Affairs & Administration, Sociology / General
Publication Year
1980
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Social Science
Author
Reinhard Bendix
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
36.8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in

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Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Insgesamt aber klärt Goerlitz mit terminologischer Umsicht und hohem theroetischen Anspruch ein in den Geschichts- und Literaturwissenschaften derzeit vielerörtertes Feld."Mathias Herweg in: Germanistik 1-2/2008
Dewey Decimal
321.6
Table Of Content
List of Maps Preface 1. Introduction Part I: The Authority of Kings 2. Sacred and Secular Foundations of Kingship 3. Japan 4. Russia 5. Imperial Germany and Prussia 6. England 7. Kingship and Aristocracy as a Type of Rule Part II: Toward a Mandate of the People 8. Transformations of Western European Societies in the Sixteenth Century 9. Kings and People in England 10. Toward the Nation-State: France 11. Nation-Building: Germany 12. Nation-Building: Japan 13. Nation-Building: Russia 14. From Royal Authority to Popular Mandate: Twentieth-Century Perspectives Notes Glossary Index
Synopsis
From the Preface: The world in which we live has its roots far back in history, and as a world power America must come to terms with countries which were formed in their present mold long before the American, revolution. All those to whom an exploration of this historical background will appeal probably share with me an immediate empathy with the anguish of nation-building around the world. This book is a study of what that anguish meant in times past when countries were first developing their political institutions and when they turned more recently from royal authority to a popular mandate. The problems of developing such institutions are formidable, then as well as now. A scholarly concern with these problems must touch on many subjects in social stratification, religion, political sociology, and the history of ideas, and the book treats these and related themes in their specific historical contexts. This interpretive work is addressed not only to students of political development but also to the general reader who is interested in a large view of history. That reader is provided with sufficient detail and annotation so that the many diverse contexts with which this study deals can be understood. A thematic outline of the book is presented on the first pages of the introduction, which deals as well with the reasons for my approach to historical sociology.

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