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Political 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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Contenuti
PART 1 THE CRITERIA FOR LEGITIMACY - Towards a Social-Scientific Concept of Legitimacy - Power and its need of Legitimation - The Intellectual Structure of Legitimacy - Social Science and the Social Construction of Legitimacy - PART 2 LEGITIMACY IN THE CONTEMPORARY STATE - Dimensions of State Legitimacy - Crisis Tendencies of Political Systems - Modes of Non- Legitimate Power - Legitimacy in Political Science and Political Philosophy
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