The Legitimation of PowerPolitical theory has undergone a remarkable development in recent years. A systematic study of legitimacy within social science, the book starts as a critique of Weber and examines the link betwen a social-scientific approach and the various philosophical traditions of theorizing about legitimacy. |
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Page 194
... Saudi Arabia itself . Although the house of Al Saud traces its ancestry back for 500 years or more , the kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the product of relatively recent conquest , dating from the 1920s and 1930s . What requires explanation ...
... Saudi Arabia itself . Although the house of Al Saud traces its ancestry back for 500 years or more , the kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the product of relatively recent conquest , dating from the 1920s and 1930s . What requires explanation ...
Page 198
... Saudi Arabia the oil revenues were deployed in a way which strengthened the tra- ditional order based upon patronage , and confirmed the loyalty of local chieftains and political leaders to the ruling family , which controlled resources ...
... Saudi Arabia the oil revenues were deployed in a way which strengthened the tra- ditional order based upon patronage , and confirmed the loyalty of local chieftains and political leaders to the ruling family , which controlled resources ...
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... Saudi Arabia , Islam has underwritten a conservative mon- archy , whose family and tribal networks , nourished by ... Saudi Arabia and Iran have seen themselves as models for others , if not uni- versally , then at least within the ...
... Saudi Arabia , Islam has underwritten a conservative mon- archy , whose family and tribal networks , nourished by ... Saudi Arabia and Iran have seen themselves as models for others , if not uni- versally , then at least within the ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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