Public Interest and State Legitimation
| Author | : Wenkai He |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 323 |
| Release | : 2023-09-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781009334532 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1009334530 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (530 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Public Interest and State Legitimation by : Wenkai He
Download or read book Public Interest and State Legitimation written by Wenkai He and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Safeguarding public interest was vital to early modern state legitimacy in Western Europe and East Asia. Wenkai He identifies similar patterns in state-society interactions surrounding public goods provision and explores how conflicts over public interest led to calls for fundamental political change and to modern representative politics.
