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 94
... mobilisation confer a dis- tinctive legitimacy in the age of popular sovereignty ; and that a party or movement that ... mobilisation mode , as I shall call it . There is , however , a crucial difference to be observed between the ...
... mobilisation confer a dis- tinctive legitimacy in the age of popular sovereignty ; and that a party or movement that ... mobilisation mode , as I shall call it . There is , however , a crucial difference to be observed between the ...
Page 226
... mobilisation confirms the popular and ' democratic ' character of the new regime . The electoral mode , by comparison , can be criticised for demobilising the people , for stifling the process of social change , and ' freezing ' public ...
... mobilisation confirms the popular and ' democratic ' character of the new regime . The electoral mode , by comparison , can be criticised for demobilising the people , for stifling the process of social change , and ' freezing ' public ...
Page 241
... mobilisation regimes await to be superseded by a further legitimate political order . Liberal democracies , on the other hand , though certainly open to improvement in the extent to which they realise their underlying principles , can ...
... mobilisation regimes await to be superseded by a further legitimate political order . Liberal democracies , on the other hand , though certainly open to improvement in the extent to which they realise their underlying principles , can ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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