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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David Beetham. 2 Power and its Need of Legitimation In the first chapter I wrote about ' power ' as if it were self - evident what it meant . But what is power , and why does it stand in need of legitimation ? To answer these questions ...
David Beetham. 2 Power and its Need of Legitimation In the first chapter I wrote about ' power ' as if it were self - evident what it meant . But what is power , and why does it stand in need of legitimation ? To answer these questions ...
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... legitimation has to be mass legitimation ; but it does not necessarily have to take the form of the liberal contract , or be exercised through the electoral choice of government . It is this requirement of mass legitimation that forms ...
... legitimation has to be mass legitimation ; but it does not necessarily have to take the form of the liberal contract , or be exercised through the electoral choice of government . It is this requirement of mass legitimation that forms ...
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... legitimation in the era of popular sovereignty . The military regime , therefore , in both origin and purpose , is a non - legitimated one . Now it does not follow from this that the military can have no social basis of support ...
... legitimation in the era of popular sovereignty . The military regime , therefore , in both origin and purpose , is a non - legitimated one . Now it does not follow from this that the military can have no social basis of support ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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