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
... matter of belief , it also ignores those elements which are not really to do with beliefs at all . I have already mentioned legality as an important component of legitimacy . Whether power is or is not acquired and exercised within the ...
... matter of belief , it also ignores those elements which are not really to do with beliefs at all . I have already mentioned legality as an important component of legitimacy . Whether power is or is not acquired and exercised within the ...
Page 19
... matter , determined by the conventions of a given society , rather than definable absolutely . What is common to legitimate power everywhere , however , is the need to ' bind in ' at least the most significant members among the ...
... matter , determined by the conventions of a given society , rather than definable absolutely . What is common to legitimate power everywhere , however , is the need to ' bind in ' at least the most significant members among the ...
Page 143
... matter of private and particularistic advantage , is necessarily secretive , since it cannot withstand public ... matters is whether , and how far , in doing so , it damages the interests of other definable groups in society ; and ...
... matter of private and particularistic advantage , is necessarily secretive , since it cannot withstand public ... matters is whether , and how far , in doing so , it damages the interests of other definable groups in society ; and ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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