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Political legitimacy and the state
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In this article, the authors define political legitimacy as the legitimacy of the autonomous state, the independence of the representative or neutral state, and the political legitimacy of a partisan state all subjects are legitimately governed but some are more legitimately governed than others.Abstract:
Political legitimacy the legitimacy of the autonomous state the legitimacy of the representative or neutral state the legitimacy of the partisan state all subjects are legitimately governed but some are more legitimately governed than others legitimacy and coercion states as cultivators of legitimacy the state as subverter of legitimacy.read more
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