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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... contemporary states experience in achieving such a legitimacy , and their rulers in governing in a manner that maintains it . Why should this be so ? Why should political legitimacy be so difficult to attain in the contemporary world ...
... contemporary states experience in achieving such a legitimacy , and their rulers in governing in a manner that maintains it . Why should this be so ? Why should political legitimacy be so difficult to attain in the contemporary world ...
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... contemporary state . Before proceeding with this agenda I should reaffirm my view that the contemporary state is a form of power - structure that requires legitimation , not so much to function , or even to survive over a period of time ...
... contemporary state . Before proceeding with this agenda I should reaffirm my view that the contemporary state is a form of power - structure that requires legitimation , not so much to function , or even to survive over a period of time ...
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... contemporary world . It is not by chance , for example , that liberal - democratic systems have been typically associated with a capitalist economy , or communist ones with a system of extensive public ownership and state planning ...
... contemporary world . It is not by chance , for example , that liberal - democratic systems have been typically associated with a capitalist economy , or communist ones with a system of extensive public ownership and state planning ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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