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Legitimizing authority : American government and the promise of equality / Boris Vormann and Christian Lammert ; translated by Susan H. Gillespie.

Lammert, Christian.

Preface -- Crises of democracy, more globally considered -- Modern sources of legitimacy -- Universalisms of an elite nation-building project -- Mass democracy and the Fordist compromise -- Maintaining the promise in the era of globalization -- Rethinking equality for today.