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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... military to the civilian authority . From this it follows that , where the military do seize power , it does not happen ' out of the blue ' , but only as the culmination of a process of erosion in the legitimacy of the civilian order ...
... military to the civilian authority . From this it follows that , where the military do seize power , it does not happen ' out of the blue ' , but only as the culmination of a process of erosion in the legitimacy of the civilian order ...
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... Military rule reasserts the authority of government over society by removing the freedom of organised groups to ... military resolve the problems of democratic politics by abolishing politics altogether ; they immunise the state from the ...
... Military rule reasserts the authority of government over society by removing the freedom of organised groups to ... military resolve the problems of democratic politics by abolishing politics altogether ; they immunise the state from the ...
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... 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 , especially among the privileged or the propertied . Here ...
... 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 , especially among the privileged or the propertied . Here ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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