Beschreibung:
The new edition of this classic text provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept of legitimacy as applied to political systems. Now addressing the issue of legitimacy beyond the state, the book also includes a new introduction and two major additional chapters which update the argument in the light of developments and debates.
Preface to the 2nd edition Preface to the 1st edition Introduction PART I: THE CRITERIA FOR LEGITIMACY 1. Towards a Social-Scientific Concept of Legitimacy 2. Power and its need of Legitimation 3. The Intellectual Structure of Legitimacy 4. Social Science and the Social Construction of Legitimacy PART II: LEGITIMACY IN THE MODERN STATE 5. Dimensions of State Legitimacy 6. Crisis Tendencies of Political Systems7. Modes of Non-Legitimate Power 8. Legitimacy in Political Science and Political Philosophy 9. The Legitimation of Power in the 21st Century PART III: LEGITIMACY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 10. Legitimacy Within the State 11. Legitimacy Beyond the State.