The Management of Myths

The Politics of Legitimation in a Newfoundland Community

By Anthony P. Cohen
Series: Social and Economic Studies
Publisher: ISER Books
Paperback : 9780919666092, 158 pages, January 1975

Description

In this study of politics, the focus is on the ways in which different groups of leaders compete for power; more particularly, on how they strive to gain that appearance of legitimacy that paves the way to political office.