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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... justification . This is the second level of legitimacy : power is legitimate to the extent that the rules of power can be justified in terms of beliefs shared by both domi- nant and subordinate . What kinds of justification and what ...
... justification . This is the second level of legitimacy : power is legitimate to the extent that the rules of power can be justified in terms of beliefs shared by both domi- nant and subordinate . What kinds of justification and what ...
Page 60
... justification or rectification , which renders it morally acceptable . The inequality of powers and life chances is justified when it can be seen to correspond to the respective qualities of the dominant and subor- dinate ; the ...
... justification or rectification , which renders it morally acceptable . The inequality of powers and life chances is justified when it can be seen to correspond to the respective qualities of the dominant and subor- dinate ; the ...
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... justification could make sense to them . A characteristic feature of power which seeks to justify itself to the subordinate , therefore , is the claim to serve a common interest . Feudal power justified itself in terms of the provision ...
... justification could make sense to them . A characteristic feature of power which seeks to justify itself to the subordinate , therefore , is the claim to serve a common interest . Feudal power justified itself in terms of the provision ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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