Buch(elektronisch)2013

The legitimation of power

In: Political Analysis

In: Political Analysis Ser.

Beetham, David

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Abstract

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Introduction -- PART I THE CRITERIA FOR LEGITIMACY -- 1 Towards a Social-scientific Concept of Legitimacy -- The different dimensions of legitimacy -- The significance of legitimacy -- Conclusion: a social or political concept? -- 2 Power and Its Need of Legitimation -- The concept of power -- The social organisation of power -- Power and legitimacy -- 3 The Normative Structure of Legitimacy -- Legitimacy derived from rules -- Legitimacy as justifiability of rules -- Legitimacy through expressed consent -- Conclusion -- The Social Construction of Legitimacy -- PART II LEGITIMACY IN THE MODERN STATE -- 5 Dimensions of State Legitimacy -- The elusiveness of legality -- Constitutional rules and their justification -- Modes of popular consent -- Conclusion -- 6 Crisis Tendencies of Political Systems -- Liberal democracy -- Liberal democracy in developing countries -- The communist model -- Types of Islamic state -- 7 Modes of Non-legitimate Power -- Revolutions and legitimacy -- Revolutionary regimes and relegitimation -- Coups d'état and military regimes -- Conclusion: the dilemmas of political legitimacy -- Legitimacy in Political Science and Political Philosophy -- PART III LEGITIMACY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- 9 Legitimacy within the State -- Operationalising the concept of legitimacy -- Compliance with law enforcement agencies -- The comparative legitimacy of states -- The role of consent in political legitimacy -- 10 Legitimacy beyond the State -- Inter-governmental institutions and their legitimacy -- Legitimacy issues in international NGOs -- Contested legitimacy in the European Union -- Legitimacy crisis in the international financial sector -- Conclusion -- Bibliograpy -- Index -- Untitled.