David Beetham's book explores the legitimation of power both as an issue in political and social science theory and in relation to the legitimacy of contemporar

Authoritarian regimes craft and disseminate reasons, stories, and explanations for why they are entitled to rule. To shield those legitimating messages from cri

This volume provides relevant insights into medieval political legitimation, and its impact on political competition and notions of power. With a main focus on

The Ottoman Empire was the only great European Muslim power and was at one time the most serious threat to European Christendom. Yet, by the turn of the ninetee

Why do great powers accommodate the rise of some challengers but contain and confront others, even at the risk of war? When Right Makes Might proposes that the