{"product_id":"politics-as-stewardship-of-the-common-conditions-of-life-a-theory-of-political-power-as-common-trust-9798198960961","title":"Politics as Stewardship of the Common Conditions of Life: A Theory of Political Power as Common Trust","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Roland G. Aranjo\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Theory - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePower is not owned. It is entrusted. It must be stewarded.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolitics as Stewardship of the Common Conditions of Life\u003c\/i\u003e offers a philosophical framework for understanding political power in an age of democratic strain, institutional distrust, technological disruption, ecological risk, economic insecurity, and intergenerational responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoland G. Aranjo argues that politics should be understood not merely as the struggle for power, the management of interests, or the administration of government, but as the stewardship of the common conditions of life: the social, institutional, ecological, economic, technological, cultural, legal, administrative, and constitutional conditions that make human dignity, cooperation, lawful contestation, repair, and self-government possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst the view that power is something to be possessed, this book develops a theory of political power as common trust. Public authority, civic responsibility, markets, institutions, technology, law, administration, and constitutional order are judged by whether they preserve, repair, renew, and transmit the conditions on which common life depends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from classical political thought, constitutional theory, public administration, political economy, environmental ethics, technology governance, and international relations, Aranjo proposes a stewardship standard for legitimate power: authority, accountability, capability, truthfulness, restraint, dignity, repair, and continuity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book asks a simple but demanding question: what does power leave behind?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor citizens, public officials, institutional leaders, students of politics, and readers concerned with the future of democratic governance, \u003ci\u003ePolitics as Stewardship of the Common Conditions of Life\u003c\/i\u003e offers a timely theory of responsibility across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLegitimate power is power stewarded as trust.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889911775383,"sku":"9798198960961","price":1544.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798198960961.webp?v=1781178199","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/politics-as-stewardship-of-the-common-conditions-of-life-a-theory-of-political-power-as-common-trust-9798198960961","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}