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Introduction: disconnected governance and the crisis of legitimacy

Pardo, Italo (2010) Introduction: disconnected governance and the crisis of legitimacy. In: Pardo, Italo and Prato, Giuliana B., eds. Citizenship and the Legitimacy of Governance: Anthropology in the Mediterranean Region. Urban anthropology . Ashgate Publishers, Aldershot. ISBN 978-0-7546-9149-5. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:10702)

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Abstract

Against the background of unease at the increasingly loose and conflictual relationship between citizenship and governance, this book brings together rich, ethnographic studies from EU member states and post-Communist and Middle-Eastern countries in the Mediterranean Region to illustrate the crisis of legitimacy inherent in the weakening link between political responsibility and trust in the exercise of power.

With close attention to the impact of the ambiguities and distortions of governance at the local level and their broader implications at the international level, where a state's legitimacy depends on its democratic credentials, Citizenship and the Legitimacy of Governance initiates a comparative discussion of the relationship between established moralities, politics, law and civil society in a highly diversified region with a strong history of cultural exchange.

Demonstrating that a comparative anthropological analysis has much to offer to our understanding, this volume reveals that the city is a crucial arena for the renegotiation of citizenship, democracy and belonging.

Item Type: Book section
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation
Depositing User: C.G.W.G. van-de-Benderskum
Date Deposited: 15 Apr 2009 14:10 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:49 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/10702 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Pardo, Italo.

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