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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... determined , and so on . Are the rules justifiable in terms of the beliefs and norms of the particular society ... determined by the conven- tions of the given society or system of power . What we have , then , is a set of general ...
... determined , and so on . Are the rules justifiable in terms of the beliefs and norms of the particular society ... determined by the conven- tions of the given society or system of power . What we have , then , is a set of general ...
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... determined , under the pressure of market competition , has been the shift from what might be called liberal to oligopolistic capitalism : from small- scale , low - technology , labour - intensive production to large - scale , high ...
... determined , under the pressure of market competition , has been the shift from what might be called liberal to oligopolistic capitalism : from small- scale , low - technology , labour - intensive production to large - scale , high ...
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... determined very largely at the ideological level , rather than by the exigencies of counter - revo- lution and civil war , and whose legitimacy was more solidly grounded in traditional beliefs and institutions than the others mentioned ...
... determined very largely at the ideological level , rather than by the exigencies of counter - revo- lution and civil war , and whose legitimacy was more solidly grounded in traditional beliefs and institutions than the others mentioned ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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