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 124
... realised . Two different ways have been developed for realising it . One , charac- teristic of single - party , and especially of communist , regimes , is a thoroughly politicised mode , in which the military are system- atically ...
... realised . Two different ways have been developed for realising it . One , charac- teristic of single - party , and especially of communist , regimes , is a thoroughly politicised mode , in which the military are system- atically ...
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... realisation of a general interest and the acknowl- edged ends of government , on the other . In the attainment of both , the ... realised , within specific institutions . For legality we look in the first instance ( but only in the first ...
... realisation of a general interest and the acknowl- edged ends of government , on the other . In the attainment of both , the ... realised , within specific institutions . For legality we look in the first instance ( but only in the first ...
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... realising the general interest within national boundaries that con- stitutes one of the chief obstacles to generalising ... realised as a universal , and not merely a localised , political form . If that is the conclusion towards which ...
... realising the general interest within national boundaries that con- stitutes one of the chief obstacles to generalising ... realised as a universal , and not merely a localised , political form . If that is the conclusion towards which ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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