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... exercise ; and the structure of power must be seen to serve a recognisably general interest , rather than simply the interests of the powerful . These justifications in turn depend upon beliefs current in a given society about what is ...
... exercise ; and the structure of power must be seen to serve a recognisably general interest , rather than simply the interests of the powerful . These justifications in turn depend upon beliefs current in a given society about what is ...
Page 61
... exercise , so justifying their subordinate position . This is true even where relatively open processes of selection are at work , once the selection is perfor- med by an education system which is given the task of preparing children ...
... exercise , so justifying their subordinate position . This is true even where relatively open processes of selection are at work , once the selection is perfor- med by an education system which is given the task of preparing children ...
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... exercise of power only affect one aspect of a government's performance , not its whole basis . Even these , however , if sufficiently serious or chronic , will crode its legit- imacy to the extent that they are publicly known . Why ...
... exercise of power only affect one aspect of a government's performance , not its whole basis . Even these , however , if sufficiently serious or chronic , will crode its legit- imacy to the extent that they are publicly known . Why ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 63 |
Legitimacy through expressed consent | 90 |
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