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 12
... important to an analysis of legitimacy ; what has occurred cannot be made intelligible in terms of a shift in people's beliefs about legitimacy or ' belief in legitimacy ' . The Weberian definition not only misrepresents the role that ...
... important to an analysis of legitimacy ; what has occurred cannot be made intelligible in terms of a shift in people's beliefs about legitimacy or ' belief in legitimacy ' . The Weberian definition not only misrepresents the role that ...
Page 93
... important figures within the society was a significant element in the legitimation of the leader , chief or monarch . It carried an exemplary force for others , as well as a binding one for those who took part ; for the ruler to show ...
... important figures within the society was a significant element in the legitimation of the leader , chief or monarch . It carried an exemplary force for others , as well as a binding one for those who took part ; for the ruler to show ...
Page 104
... important of such beliefs will be those that relate to the justification of their own power . The origin of such beliefs may be found in the first instance in the need of the powerful for self - justification ; but their privileged ...
... important of such beliefs will be those that relate to the justification of their own power . The origin of such beliefs may be found in the first instance in the need of the powerful for self - justification ; but their privileged ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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