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 47
... groups or individuals within societies , except in so far as these become the means to exercise power over others . The subject is large enough without extending it to cover all forms of inequality . More importantly , it is precisely ...
... groups or individuals within societies , except in so far as these become the means to exercise power over others . The subject is large enough without extending it to cover all forms of inequality . More importantly , it is precisely ...
Page 108
... groups , through a variety of social processes , so that justifications for the rules of power become credible ... groups and so on ) . interest , inclu nce is provi fficiency de the Or consider the evidence which confirms the claim that ...
... groups , through a variety of social processes , so that justifications for the rules of power become credible ... groups and so on ) . interest , inclu nce is provi fficiency de the Or consider the evidence which confirms the claim that ...
Page 219
... groups in society . In any event , what matters most is always the support or acquiescence not of the popular majority of society but of the politically powerful and mobilized groups , invariably including the regime's own cadres . Loss ...
... groups in society . In any event , what matters most is always the support or acquiescence not of the popular majority of society but of the politically powerful and mobilized groups , invariably including the regime's own cadres . Loss ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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