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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... identify its potential points of vulnerability , and explain any erosion of its ability to secure cooperation from ... identifying the kinds of consider- ation that are relevant . Such a framework is made possible by the existence of ...
... identify its potential points of vulnerability , and explain any erosion of its ability to secure cooperation from ... identifying the kinds of consider- ation that are relevant . Such a framework is made possible by the existence of ...
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... identify the legitimating elements of the Soviet model as it existed prior to Gorbachev , and consider possible explanations for the legitimation crisis of the 1980s . The fact that at the present time of writing the precise shape of ...
... identify the legitimating elements of the Soviet model as it existed prior to Gorbachev , and consider possible explanations for the legitimation crisis of the 1980s . The fact that at the present time of writing the precise shape of ...
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... identify the conditions . necessary to the realisation of the principles or ideals that we espouse . In these and ... identified a common normative structure underlying the variety of historically specific legitimations , and explained ...
... identify the conditions . necessary to the realisation of the principles or ideals that we espouse . In these and ... identified a common normative structure underlying the variety of historically specific legitimations , and explained ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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