| The War for Legitimacy in Politics and Culture, 1938-1948 Contributor(s): Conway, Martin (Editor), Romijn, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1845204816 ISBN-13: 9781845204815 Publisher: Berg Publishers OUR PRICE: $173.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2008 Annotation: This highly innovative volume provides the first investigation of how political legitimacy operated amid the upheavals of Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. It argues that legitimacy lay not with rulers, and still less in the barrel of a gun, but in the values about what constituted "good" government. Exploring the domains of political discourse, state propaganda and high and low culture, it explains how in the aftermath of German victory in 1939-40, a wide range of contenders, including bureaucrats, collaborators, Communists and other resistance groups, all claimed the right to rule. As an important contribution to the political culture of wartime Europe, this volume will be essential reading for both political scientists and twentieth-century historians. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - Political Science |
| Dewey: 320.940 |
| LCCN: 2008017352 |
| Series: Occupation in Europe |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.3" (1.10 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The War for Legitimacy in Politics and Culture 1936-1946 presents the first investigation of how the phenomenon of political legitimacy operated within Europe's political cultures during the period of the Second World War. Amidst the upheavals of that turbulent period in Europe's twentieth-century history, a wide variety of contenders for power emerged, each of which claimed to possess the right to rule.Exploring political discourse, state propaganda, and high and low culture, the book argues that legitimacy lay not with rulers, and still less in the barrel of a gun, but in the values behind differing approaches to "good" government. An important contribution to the study of the political culture of wartime Europe, this volume will be essential reading for both political scientists and twentieth-century historians. |
Contributor Bio(s): Conway, Martin: - Martin Conway is at Oxford University.Romijn, Peter: - Peter Romjin is at NIOD in The Netherlands. |