Legitimacy (20TH CENTURY).
The view that systems of government either are or ought to be justified, and not simply based on coercion.
There are two versions of the theory of legitimacy, one deriving from political philosophy, the other from history and political science.
The first seeks for principles which would oblige people to obey government, and then uses those principles to assess existing regimes as worthy or otherwise of being obeyed.
The second treats a belief in the legitimacy of regimes as a common feature of government, however distasteful any particular regime may be to the observer. It then examines legitimacy as an historical phenomenon rather than engaging in moral appraisal.
The two approaches are often thought to be incompatible, but are in fact complementary.
Also see: political obligation
Source:
Rodney Barker, Political Legitimacy and the State (Oxford, 1990)
Table of Contents
- 1 Videos
- 2 Related Products
- 2.1 Legitimacy: The Right to Rule in a Wanton World
- 2.2 Law and Legitimacy in the Supreme Court
- 2.3 legitimacy
- 2.4 Between Legitimacy and Violence: A History of Colombia, 1875–2002 (Latin America in Translation)
- 2.5 The Right to Rule: How States Win and Lose Legitimacy
- 2.6 The Racial Politics of Division: Interethnic Struggles for Legitimacy in Multicultural Miami
- 2.7 The Concept of Constituency: Political Representation, Democratic Legitimacy, and Institutional Design
- 2.8 The Resident [Blu-ray]
- 2.9 Legitimacy (feat. BossVon) [Explicit]
- 2.10 Across the Broad Atlantic
Videos
Legitimacy: The Right to Rule in a Wanton World
- Hardcover Book
- Applbaum, Arthur Isak (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 304 Pages - 11/19/2019 (Publication Date) - Harvard University Press (Publisher)
Law and Legitimacy in the Supreme Court
- Hardcover Book
- Fallon Jr., Richard H. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 240 Pages - 02/19/2018 (Publication Date) - Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press (Publisher)
Between Legitimacy and Violence: A History of Colombia, 1875–2002 (Latin America in Translation)
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Palacios, Marco (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 317 Pages - 06/06/2006 (Publication Date) - Duke University Press Books (Publisher)
The Right to Rule: How States Win and Lose Legitimacy
- Hardcover Book
- Gilley, Bruce (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 336 Pages - 03/03/2009 (Publication Date) - Columbia University Press (Publisher)
The Racial Politics of Division: Interethnic Struggles for Legitimacy in Multicultural Miami
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Gosin, Monika (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 265 Pages - 06/15/2019 (Publication Date) - Cornell University Press (Publisher)
The Concept of Constituency: Political Representation, Democratic Legitimacy, and Institutional Design
- Rehfeld, Andrew (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 280 Pages - 03/24/2008 (Publication Date) - Cambridge University Press (Publisher)
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The Resident [Blu-ray]
- Factory sealed DVD
- Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lee Pace (Actors)
- Antti Jokinen (Director) - Antti Jokinen (Writer) - Alexander Yves Brunner (Producer)
- English (Publication Language)
- Audience Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
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Across the Broad Atlantic
- Audio CD – Audiobook
- English (Publication Language)
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- 02/26/2002 (Publication Date) - Eagle Records (Publisher)
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