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Page 43
... achieve our purposes ; but without such powers in the first place , freedom will be worth- less to us . Power , in this most general sense of the ability to achieve our purposes , is unequally distributed ; some people have greater ...
... achieve our purposes ; but without such powers in the first place , freedom will be worth- less to us . Power , in this most general sense of the ability to achieve our purposes , is unequally distributed ; some people have greater ...
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... achieve the purposes of the powerful . The other is the power of the society or collectivity as a whole - over the forces of nature and the environment , and in relation to other societies and its collective organisation to achieve ...
... achieve the purposes of the powerful . The other is the power of the society or collectivity as a whole - over the forces of nature and the environment , and in relation to other societies and its collective organisation to achieve ...
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... achieve . They are distanced from one another by various forms of inequality . Secondly , these differences or ... achieved primarily at their expense , for instance because they are able to appropriate the product of the others ' labour ...
... achieve . They are distanced from one another by various forms of inequality . Secondly , these differences or ... achieved primarily at their expense , for instance because they are able to appropriate the product of the others ' labour ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 63 |
Legitimacy through expressed consent | 90 |
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