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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... Chapter 3 will explore further the basic normative structure of legitimacy , as already outlined . Chapter 4 will draw out the implications of the fact that legitimacy in historical societies is typically constructed and reproduced ...
... Chapter 3 will explore further the basic normative structure of legitimacy , as already outlined . Chapter 4 will draw out the implications of the fact that legitimacy in historical societies is typically constructed and reproduced ...
Page 42
... chapter approached the subject of power through an analysis of legit- imacy , the present one will provide an approach to legitimacy through the analysis of power . In doing so I shall aim to identify precisely what it is about power ...
... chapter approached the subject of power through an analysis of legit- imacy , the present one will provide an approach to legitimacy through the analysis of power . In doing so I shall aim to identify precisely what it is about power ...
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... chapters . This fifth chapter explores the distinctiveness of the state in comparison with the other power - structures considered in the first half of the book ; it identifies the main criteria that have to be met if the contemporary ...
... chapters . This fifth chapter explores the distinctiveness of the state in comparison with the other power - structures considered in the first half of the book ; it identifies the main criteria that have to be met if the contemporary ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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