Format:
1 online resource (289 pages)
ISBN:
9780511153570
Series Statement:
Contemporary Political Theory
Content:
Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi and Clinton are among those whose 'moral capital' is considered.
Content:
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I Moral capital -- 1 Moral capital and politics -- Politics and legitimacy -- Ideology and moral choice -- Moral capital and moral ends -- 2 Moral capital and leadership -- Leadership: the moral dimension -- Moral capital and constituencies -- Personal and institutional moral capital -- Studying moral capital -- Cause -- Action -- Example -- Rhetoric/symbolism -- PART II Moral capital in times of crisis -- 3 Abraham Lincoln: the long-purposed man -- Lincoln and moral capital -- Cause: Lincoln's ground of right -- Action: Lincoln's policies -- Example: the democratic imperative -- Rhetoric/symbolism: Lincoln's lasting capital -- Conclusion -- 4 Charles de Gaulle: the man of storms -- De Gaulle's dependency on moral capital -- De Gaulle's cause: ''France'' -- Action: De Gaulle establishes his moral capital -- Moral capital by example: De Gaulle stumbles -- Gaullist rhetoric, de Gaulle as symbol -- Conclusion -- PART III Moral capital and dissident politics -- 5 Nelson Mandela: the moral phenomenon -- The political cause -- Political action: first period -- Example: the representative prisoner -- Rhetoric/symbolism: the living symbol -- Political action: second period -- Conclusion -- 6 Aung San Suu Kyi: her father's daughter -- Symbolic sources: the inheritance of moral capital -- Cause: Burmese democracy -- Political action: triumph and repression -- Moral capital by example -- Rhetoric/symbolism -- Conclusion -- PART IV Moral capital and the American presidency -- 7 Kennedy and American virtue -- The presidency and the national moral capital -- Kennedy and American virtue -- 8 Crisis -- The symbolic legacy -- The assassination legacy -- The legacy of reform at home: anti-communism abroad -- Vietnam.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521663366
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521663366
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Kane, John, 1945 - The politics of moral capital Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2001 ISBN 0521663369
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521663571
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Politische Ethik
;
Moral
;
Politik
;
Politische Führung
;
Politische Stabilität
;
Vertrauen
;
Politische Ethik
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=201730
