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 162
... weakness or deficit in each type : to show its crisis tendencies , as they might be called , not as contingent or unconnected , but as systematically generated . The final section of the chapter will consider political systems in the ...
... weakness or deficit in each type : to show its crisis tendencies , as they might be called , not as contingent or unconnected , but as systematically generated . The final section of the chapter will consider political systems in the ...
Page 208
... weakness of a struc- ture , in its context and for its purpose , and the stresses to which it may be subject . If we translate this into political terms , then the strength or weakness of the structure represents the degree of ...
... weakness of a struc- ture , in its context and for its purpose , and the stresses to which it may be subject . If we translate this into political terms , then the strength or weakness of the structure represents the degree of ...
Page 230
... weakness , cor- ruption or divisiveness , as these are exacerbated by typical demo- cratic procedures , or appear unresolvable by them . In other words , it is the very institutional arrangements that contribute to the legitimation of ...
... weakness , cor- ruption or divisiveness , as these are exacerbated by typical demo- cratic procedures , or appear unresolvable by them . In other words , it is the very institutional arrangements that contribute to the legitimation of ...
Contents
Power and its Need of Legitimation | 42 |
The Normative Structure of Legitimacy | 64 |
The Social Construction of Legitimacy | 100 |
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