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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... power . It follows that legitimacy is more crucial to some kinds of power relationship than to others . It is worth exploring in a preliminary way what these might be . We could distinguish two different kinds of situation where the ...
... power . It follows that legitimacy is more crucial to some kinds of power relationship than to others . It is worth exploring in a preliminary way what these might be . We could distinguish two different kinds of situation where the ...
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David Beetham. nate party in a relationship , and the degree of legitimacy the relationship requires , are closely connected . One kind of situation , then , where the legitimacy of a power relationship does not matter is where the ...
David Beetham. nate party in a relationship , and the degree of legitimacy the relationship requires , are closely connected . One kind of situation , then , where the legitimacy of a power relationship does not matter is where the ...
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... power relationship , and the correspondingly different types of relationship this treatment implies . A paternalist form of power involves a relationship in which the subordinate are defined as wholly or partially , temporarily or ...
... power relationship , and the correspondingly different types of relationship this treatment implies . A paternalist form of power involves a relationship in which the subordinate are defined as wholly or partially , temporarily or ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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