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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... follows from the fact that rules cannot justify themselves simply by being rules , but require justification by reference to considerations which lie beyond them . These considerations will be explored in the following section ...
... follows from the fact that rules cannot justify themselves simply by being rules , but require justification by reference to considerations which lie beyond them . These considerations will be explored in the following section ...
Page 129
David Beetham. ditional systems in the Gulf states will be discussed in the follow- ing chapter ) . At the same time ... follows from the above that democratic republics , in which the head of the executive is popularly chosen through ...
David Beetham. ditional systems in the Gulf states will be discussed in the follow- ing chapter ) . At the same time ... follows from the above that democratic republics , in which the head of the executive is popularly chosen through ...
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... follow logically from the three - dimen- sional conception of legitimacy developed earlier . To set them out in this ... follows the loss of authority produced by acts of delegitimation , and these in turn typically take place , with ...
... follow logically from the three - dimen- sional conception of legitimacy developed earlier . To set them out in this ... follows the loss of authority produced by acts of delegitimation , and these in turn typically take place , with ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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