In:
PS: Political Science & Politics, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 38, No. 3 ( 2005-07), p. 357-357
Abstract:
Since the dawn of time, it seems, social critics have been warning of
a “crisis of legitimacy” in the political world. Manuel Castells repeats this ageless battle-cry in his 2004 Ithiel de Sola Pool
lecture ( PS , January 2005, 9–16), warning darkly of
an “increasing alienation of citizens” that “threatens to undo the democratic system” (9). As proof, he offers an array of
point-in-time survey results from Western countries in recent years, as well as anecdotal evidence of “the expression of political
protest” in places like California and France (9). Yet, none of this shows anything except the fact that states are imperfect creations
for the expression of political community and, as Isaiah Berlin might have added, the timeless costs of social life.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1049-0965
,
1537-5935
DOI:
10.1017/S1049096505050134
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2005
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123834-6
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2049336-8
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3,6
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