The war against authority : From the crisis of legitimacy to a new social contract /
Nicholas N. Kittrie
- London : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995
- xx, 304 p.
The search for legitimacy, 1. -- The contest between autonomy and authority, 17. -- Firebrand : Contenders for change, 17. -- Abuse of power : The roots of rebellion, 57. -- Defiance and enforcement of authority in America : A land heaven smiled Upon, 81. -- A rebellious nation : Seeds of discontent, 81. -- Sharing in the benefits of the promised land, 109. -- People power : Justice in a pluralistic society, 135. -- Protest, rebellion, and recession, the crisis of legitimacy worldwide, 163. -- The limits of tolerance : Political rebels at the end of the millennium, 195. -- From the crisis of authority to the restoration of legitimacy, 225. -- Legitimacy in a pluralistic world, 225. -- Toward a new social contract, 253