The War for Legitimacy in Politics and Culture 1936-1946 by Professor Martin Con

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Presents the investigation of how the phenomenon of political legitimacy operated within Europe's political cultures during the period of the Second World War. Exploring political discourse, state propaganda, and high and low culture, this book contributes to the study of the political culture of European history from the 1930s to the 1950s.

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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 European history from the 1930s to the 1950s, this volume will be essential reading for both political scientists and twentieth-century historians.

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Also available in hardback, 9781845204815 GBP60.00 (August, 2008)

Author Biography

Martin Conway is a Fellow in History at Balliol College, University of Oxford.Peter Romijn is Head of Research at the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation (NIOD), Amsterdam, and a Professor at the University of Amsterdam

Table of Contents

ForewordChapter One: Political Legitimacy in Mid-Twentieth Century Europe: An IntroductionChapter Two: Legitimacy in Inter-War EuropeChapter Three: Wartime National Legitimacy: Ownership, Pretenders and WarsChapter Four: The War For Legitimacy At the Local LevelChapter Five: Culture and LegitimacyChapter Six: Legitimacy and the Making of the Post-War OrderThis is a a collective volume.Chapters I, II and III were prominently written by the editors, Martin Conway and Peter Romijn, with the valuable assistance of Benjamin Frommer and Denis Peschanski in the preparation of Chapter II, and III respectively. Chapter IV was written by Nico Wouters with the assistance of Niels Wium Olesen and the editors. Chapter V was written by Mary Vincent and Erica Carter. Chapter VI was written by Mark Pittaway with the valuable assistance of Hans-Fredrik Dahl.Ben Frommer, Nowrthwestern University, Evanston ILDenis Peschanski, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, ParisNico Wouters Mechelen, BelgiumNiels Wium Olesen, University of AarhusMary Vincent, University of SheffieldErica Carter, University of WarwickMark Pittaway, The Open University, Milton KeynesHans Fredrik Dahl, University of Oslo

Review

A sustained, thoughtful and thought-provoking collective reflection on the political distinctiveness of the period between the mid-1930s and the transition to peacetime after the Second World War. * English Historical Review, vol 127, no 529, December 2012 *

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Also available in hardback, 9781845204815 GBP60.00 (August, 2008)

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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.

Details ISBN1845208218 Short Title WAR ON LEGITIMACY IN POLITICS Series Occupation in Europe Language English ISBN-10 1845208218 ISBN-13 9781845208219 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 2008 Imprint Berg Publishers Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Peter Romijn Place of Publication London DOI 10.1604/9781845208219 NZ Release Date 2008-08-01 UK Release Date 2008-08-01 Birth 1879 Death 1950 Affiliation IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK Position pmExecutive Director, mHealth Alliance Qualifications PhD Author Peter Romijn Pages 256 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Publication Date 2008-08-01 DEWEY 940.53 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 2010-08-31 We've got this

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