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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 48
Page 165
... crisis ' , Jürgen Habermas and Claus Offe , who have argued that the contemporary state is unable to fulfil its required tasks in relation to the capitalist economy , without encountering severe legitimation problems of its own ...
... crisis ' , Jürgen Habermas and Claus Offe , who have argued that the contemporary state is unable to fulfil its required tasks in relation to the capitalist economy , without encountering severe legitimation problems of its own ...
Page 168
... crisis , or even to crisis tendencies ( as Habermas is careful to call them ) , rather than a set of tensions to be managed , of competing demands between which a compromise has repeatedly to be struck ? Before we can decide whether ...
... crisis , or even to crisis tendencies ( as Habermas is careful to call them ) , rather than a set of tensions to be managed , of competing demands between which a compromise has repeatedly to be struck ? Before we can decide whether ...
Page 179
... crisis during the 1980s ; that the programme of radical change initiated in the Soviet Union by Gorbachev to resolve the crisis prepared the ground for the spectacular collapse of the communist regimes across Eastern Europe in 1989 ...
... crisis during the 1980s ; that the programme of radical change initiated in the Soviet Union by Gorbachev to resolve the crisis prepared the ground for the spectacular collapse of the communist regimes across Eastern Europe in 1989 ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
Copyright | |
5 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
actions activities analysis argued basic basis belief in legitimacy capitalist chapter claim coercion communist competition constitutional rules contemporary context coup coup d'état crisis criteria definition delegitimation democratic demonstrated depends derive distinction division of labour dominance and subordination economic effective electoral choice electoral mode erosion expressed consent force gender historical idea imacy institutions interests involved Iran Iranian revolution Islamic justified legal validity legit legitimation legitimation crisis liberal democracy limited Marxism-Leninism means of power ment meritocratic mobilisation moral necessary normative normative philosophy organisation particular party political legitimacy political order political philosophy political system popular sovereignty position power relations power relationship power rules principle of popular problems production purposes realised requires revolution revolutionary role rules of power Saudi Arabia secure social scientist social transformation society source of authority sphere structure system of power theory traditional types typically undermine vulnerable