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... coercion , and therefore so vulnerable once sufficient coercion could no longer be guaranteed . The collapse of authority where legitimacy is eroded , and coercive force is insufficient to maintain power on its own , pro- vides only the ...
... coercion , and therefore so vulnerable once sufficient coercion could no longer be guaranteed . The collapse of authority where legitimacy is eroded , and coercive force is insufficient to maintain power on its own , pro- vides only the ...
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... coercive regimes , power would dissolve when coercion slackened , as was demon- strated by the spectacular examples of mass slave desertions in the ancient world when their owners were away fighting ( De Sainte Croix , 1981 , p.147 ) ...
... coercive regimes , power would dissolve when coercion slackened , as was demon- strated by the spectacular examples of mass slave desertions in the ancient world when their owners were away fighting ( De Sainte Croix , 1981 , p.147 ) ...
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... coercion to this end is the basis of the state's rationale and hence of its legitimacy . Hobbes's argument is an important one , not least in warning against any oversimple antithesis between coercion and legit- imacy . In so far as the ...
... coercion to this end is the basis of the state's rationale and hence of its legitimacy . Hobbes's argument is an important one , not least in warning against any oversimple antithesis between coercion and legit- imacy . In so far as the ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 63 |
Legitimacy through expressed consent | 90 |
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