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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... labour regimes was that they did not require legitimacy for the level of performance needed in the context , we could contrast them with other labour regimes where quality of performance is crucial . An example from the other end of the ...
... labour regimes was that they did not require legitimacy for the level of performance needed in the context , we could contrast them with other labour regimes where quality of performance is crucial . An example from the other end of the ...
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... labour of the direct producers has freed dominant classes to engage in a whole variety of activities from which the direct producers have been excluded . The owner- ship of property can thus provide the basis for a social division of labour ...
... labour of the direct producers has freed dominant classes to engage in a whole variety of activities from which the direct producers have been excluded . The owner- ship of property can thus provide the basis for a social division of labour ...
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... labour . Although only women are capable of giving birth and suckling children , the sexual division of labour has historically gone well beyond these physiological differences , in two respects . First , the conventional assignment to ...
... labour . Although only women are capable of giving birth and suckling children , the sexual division of labour has historically gone well beyond these physiological differences , in two respects . First , the conventional assignment to ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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