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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... explain it in terms of acquired attitudes and characteristics , such as the internalisation of a respect for authority , which is confirmed by continuous symbolic reinforcement ( e.g. Merelman , 1966 ; Mil- gram , 1974 ) . The problem ...
... explain it in terms of acquired attitudes and characteristics , such as the internalisation of a respect for authority , which is confirmed by continuous symbolic reinforcement ( e.g. Merelman , 1966 ; Mil- gram , 1974 ) . The problem ...
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... explained by a complex of reasons , moral as well as prudential , normative as well as self - interested , that ... explain all action conforming to rules as the product of a self - interested calculation of the consequences of ...
... explained by a complex of reasons , moral as well as prudential , normative as well as self - interested , that ... explain all action conforming to rules as the product of a self - interested calculation of the consequences of ...
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... explain the break- down of non - democratic regimes , the social scientist has recourse to an evolutionary account ... explaining the circumstances in which liberal democracies typically break down , the social scientist makes a ...
... explain the break- down of non - democratic regimes , the social scientist has recourse to an evolutionary account ... explaining the circumstances in which liberal democracies typically break down , the social scientist makes a ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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