Authority‚ legitimacy and power are among the key elements of any political system. Therefore‚ they have been topics of much debate across the ages with various schools of thought contributing to political science thus shaping the discipline into the structure we know today. The first of the three elements‚ authority‚ can be defined as the right to issue a command (Stirk and Weigall‚ 1995:39). However‚ the command that is issued must be issued with some sense of justice in order to ensure its legitimacy
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in society‚ authority by rulers and legitimacy by governments have through history inspired the exploration of power‚ authority and legitimacy. [Spragen‚ 1997‚20]. These concepts are explored through the perspectives of Niccolo Machiavelli who provides insight on power‚ John Locke who states the manner in which authority( the right to rule) is established‚ Thomas Hobbes‚ who shares the means in which authority’s maintained and Plato with his idea of legitimacy- rightfulness in rule. Machiavelli
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New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies 4‚ 2 (December‚ 2002): 134-147. A RESILIENT MONARCHY: THE SULTANATE OF BRUNEI AND REGIME LEGITIMACY IN AN ERA OF DEMOCRATIC NATION-STATES NAIMAH S TALIB1 University of Canterbury As the only ruling monarchy in Southeast Asia‚ the Sultanate of Brunei is often seen as a political anachronism in a region in which democratic institutions of government prevail. Independence‚ gained from Britain in 1984‚ did not result in the institution of representative government
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they are reminiscent of many conflicts across ages. Politics as a science has thus evolved through series of theories which attempt to formalise the process and circumstances which pervade the arena. We thus find there three key elements authority‚ legitimacy and power exist within the formalisation of theory. The idea of authority is central to any political order. (Stirk and Weigall‚ 1995:39)Authority in essence can be defined as the right to issue on command and‚ because the command is rightfully
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Submitted by: Rajwant Singh Bamel Enrollment No.: 20091034 Section: A Can a grund norm provide sufficient legitimacy to a legal system based on norms? Law in a society may or may not be governed by the existence of the norms prevailing‚ but it is always influenced by them in one way or the other. To some people norms might be something that is imposed over them through their culture and tradition and they are coerced to follow them‚ while for others it might be something very sacred that has
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1 9/11‚ FOREIGN THREATS‚ POLITICAL LEGITIMACY‚ AND DEMOCRATIC SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS By Jon D. Wisman1 Inter arma silent leges (“In times of war‚ the laws are silent.” Ancient Roman maxim) “Of all the enemies of public liberty‚ war is perhaps the most to be dreaded....armies‚ debts and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few....No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare” (Madison 1795: 491). “In politics‚ the emotions
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What does the notion of legitimacy and social contract have to do with corporate disclosure policies? Introduction In recent years‚ corporations have increasingly used their annual reports to voluntarily report information relating to their social actions‚ particularly those concerning the natural environment (Gray et al.1995). More specifically‚ corporations have been changing their disclosure policy towards the "triple bottom line reporting"‚ where in addition to economic performance‚ social
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Examine the claim that ‘state legitimacy is closely associated with democracy’ (Blakeley and Saward‚ 2009‚ p.370). State legitimacy refers to the popular acceptance of a governing body or bodies by citizens. Democracy is a greatly debated term broadly involving the selection of a competitor‚ candidate or party by the majority of citizens or ‘the people’ by way of election. In this essay‚ the claim of how and in what ways these two ideas or practices are associated‚ and how power underpins the
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themes that throw legitimacy into crisis? Draw on your readings to discuss the reasons for the revolutions in France‚ Russia and Iran. This essay identifies common themes that throw legitimacy into crisis through a comparison of the causes of the French‚ Russian and Iranian revolutions. As stipulated in the Social Contract‚ as explained by John Locke‚ society has the right to overthrow the authority through revolution when the contract is in breach. Therefore‚ legitimacy ensures political
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confronting with institutional pressures. The essay is organised as follow. Firstly‚ some concepts as well as explanation related to institutional theory will be introduced. Then‚ this essay will define and explain the conception of legitimacy and the connection between legitimacy and institutional process. Thirdly‚ the strategic responses of organisations to deal with the pressures from institutional process and an example of response in terms of institutional control will be examined. Institutional
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