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Authority and Democracy : a General Theory of Government and Management by McMahon, Christopher, 1945- is a politics available to read on EtoBox.
What is Authority and Democracy : a General Theory of Government and Management about?
In the first part of the book, McMahon examines the main varieties of authority: the authority of experts, authority grounded in a promise to obey, and authority justified as facilitating mutually beneficial cooperation. He also presents an account of democracy as reflexive authority, the collective exercise of authority by those subject to it, and asks what justifies democracy so understood. In the second part of the book, McMahon applies his earlier conclusions to the phenomenon of managerial
Who reads Authority and Democracy : a General Theory of Government and Management?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- McMahon, Christopher, 1945-
- Publisher
- Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691036625
- Category
- politics
- Subjects
- Military, Sociology, Management
- Updated
- 2026-03-25