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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Page 94
... electoral process as a means of popu- lar legitimation . This is the expression of consent through mass ... mode or the mobilisation mode , as I shall call it . There is , however , a crucial difference to be observed between the ...
... electoral process as a means of popu- lar legitimation . This is the expression of consent through mass ... mode or the mobilisation mode , as I shall call it . There is , however , a crucial difference to be observed between the ...
Page 151
... political systems . We can distinguish between the electoral mode , and what I have termed the mobilis- ation mode ; each has a different logic and different institutional implications . In the electoral mode the act of voting , through ...
... political systems . We can distinguish between the electoral mode , and what I have termed the mobilis- ation mode ; each has a different logic and different institutional implications . In the electoral mode the act of voting , through ...
Page 188
... electoral mode of legitimation . At the institutional level such a shift in the basis of political legitimacy has ... electoral legitimation has opened up the sphere of high politics to popular influence , and signalled the abandonment ...
... electoral mode of legitimation . At the institutional level such a shift in the basis of political legitimacy has ... electoral legitimation has opened up the sphere of high politics to popular influence , and signalled the abandonment ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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