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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... become a straightjacket into which , either singly or in combination , every example of legitimate power has , willy ... becomes a ' rational - legal ' type , based upon a belief in rule- conformity and procedural correctness ; in the ...
... become a straightjacket into which , either singly or in combination , every example of legitimate power has , willy ... becomes a ' rational - legal ' type , based upon a belief in rule- conformity and procedural correctness ; in the ...
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... become the means to exercise power over others . The subject is large enough without extending it to cover all forms of inequality . More importantly , it is precisely relations of power over others that raise the most central question ...
... become the means to exercise power over others . The subject is large enough without extending it to cover all forms of inequality . More importantly , it is precisely relations of power over others that raise the most central question ...
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... become simply an extension of the particular interests and dominant motivations of the economic sphere . Party competition , as I suggested earlier , is more likely to intensify than moderate this process ; indeed , parties can become ...
... become simply an extension of the particular interests and dominant motivations of the economic sphere . Party competition , as I suggested earlier , is more likely to intensify than moderate this process ; indeed , parties can become ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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