The Politics of Moral Capital

by John Kane

Book Overview

It is often said that politics is an amoral realm of power and interest in which moral judgment is irrelevant. In this book, by contrast, John Kane argues that people's positive moral judgments of political actors and institutions provide leaders with an important resource, which he christens 'moral capital'. Negative judgements cause a loss of moral capital which jeopardizes legitimacy and political survival. Studies of several historical and contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521663571
• ISBN13: 9780521663571
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"