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 163
... system of extensive public ownership and state planning . Further- more , when it comes to the actual erosion of a political order's legitimacy , it is usually changes or problems in the economy that provide the catalyst , since these ...
... system of extensive public ownership and state planning . Further- more , when it comes to the actual erosion of a political order's legitimacy , it is usually changes or problems in the economy that provide the catalyst , since these ...
Page 189
... political order , and give its opponents powerful ammunition to discredit it . Although the cost of reversing the process of democratisation in the Soviet Union would be enormous , yet the possibility that social and economic ...
... political order , and give its opponents powerful ammunition to discredit it . Although the cost of reversing the process of democratisation in the Soviet Union would be enormous , yet the possibility that social and economic ...
Page 209
... political system . Even ' systems ' analogies run the danger of treating societies as if they were composed of imper- sonal elements rather than living people . Thus the ' level of toler- ance ' of a political system is actually the ...
... political system . Even ' systems ' analogies run the danger of treating societies as if they were composed of imper- sonal elements rather than living people . Thus the ' level of toler- ance ' of a political system is actually the ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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