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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... vulnerability to it on the other ( Harris , 1977 ; Sanday , 1981 ) . If the sexual division of labour is responsible for women's vulnerability to male coercion and their consequent physical dependency , the same division of labour also ...
... vulnerability to it on the other ( Harris , 1977 ; Sanday , 1981 ) . If the sexual division of labour is responsible for women's vulnerability to male coercion and their consequent physical dependency , the same division of labour also ...
Page 122
... vulnerability : of power , because the state is independent of any higher authority in the legal control over its own domain ; of vulnerability , because there is no superior legal ... vulnerable , may be 122 The Legitimation of Power.
... vulnerability : of power , because the state is independent of any higher authority in the legal control over its own domain ; of vulnerability , because there is no superior legal ... vulnerable , may be 122 The Legitimation of Power.
Page 149
... vulnerable to an erosion in the beliefs that underpin that other authority , and therefore in support for the constitutional rules that qualify or limit the scope of the electoral process . Liberal democracies , on the other hand ...
... vulnerable to an erosion in the beliefs that underpin that other authority , and therefore in support for the constitutional rules that qualify or limit the scope of the electoral process . Liberal democracies , on the other hand ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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