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 101
... limited to that of the agents themselves , however much that has to be our starting point . When it comes to the explanation of legitimacy itself , we need a level of understanding that goes beyond that of the agents involved , and ...
... limited to that of the agents themselves , however much that has to be our starting point . When it comes to the explanation of legitimacy itself , we need a level of understanding that goes beyond that of the agents involved , and ...
Page 113
... limited in advance because of some determinate role they are bound or expected by birth to occupy . It therefore challenges the mechanisms whereby established rules of power reproduce the differences that serve to justify them ; and it ...
... limited in advance because of some determinate role they are bound or expected by birth to occupy . It therefore challenges the mechanisms whereby established rules of power reproduce the differences that serve to justify them ; and it ...
Page 245
... limited , conservative definition of political philo- sophy which lies much closer to the activity of social science , in that it regards the norms and traditions of particular historical societies as constituting the boundary of ...
... limited , conservative definition of political philo- sophy which lies much closer to the activity of social science , in that it regards the norms and traditions of particular historical societies as constituting the boundary of ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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