Overview
- Propels the discussion of legitimacy and legitimation into the present day and beyond
- International range of case studies, including banking, neighborhoods, poverty and unemployment, and political actions and grassroots organizing
- Articulates the question of morality in relation to legitimacy and legitimation in every chapter
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology (PSUA)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Global in scope, this original and thought-provoking collection applies new theory on legitimacy and legitimation to urban life. An informed reflection on this comparatively new topic in anthropology in relation to morality, action, law, politics and governance is both timely and innovative, especially as worldwide discontent among ordinary people grows. The ethnographically-based analyses offered here range from banking to neighbourhoods, from poverty to political action at the grassroots. They recognize the growing gap between the rulers and the ruled with particular attention to the morality of what is right as opposed to what is legal. This book is a unique contribution to social theory, fostering discussion across the many boundaries of anthropological and sociological studies.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Giuliana B. Prato is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Social Anthropology at the University of Kent, UK, and co-founder and Secretary-Treasurer of the IUS. She Chairs the IUAES Commission on Urban Anthropology. Recently, she edited The Palgrave Handbook of Urban Ethnography with Italo Pardo.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Legitimacy
Book Subtitle: Ethnographic and Theoretical Insights
Editors: Italo Pardo, Giuliana B. Prato
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96238-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96237-5Published: 26 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07162-2Published: 20 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96238-2Published: 17 October 2018
Series ISSN: 2946-2436
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2444
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 338
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ethnography, Social Anthropology, Governance and Government, Political Sociology