Political Legitimacy beyond Weber An Analytical Framework
Legitimacy is an essential concept in politics. But what is it? This book seeks to answer this question through adopting Weber’s sociological approach to legitimacy. Weber argues that we should not only understand legitimacy from the perspective of the po
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Political Legitimacy beyond Weber
Benno Netelenbos
Political Legitimacy beyond Weber An Analytical Framework
Benno Netelenbos Department of Political Science University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ISBN 978-1-137-55111-5 ISBN 978-1-137-55112-2 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-55112-2
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Contents
1
Introduction
2
Politics as Domination
31
3
Politics as Conflict
71
4
Politics as Coordination
119
5
Politics as Argumentation
175
6
Conclusion
239
Index
1
259
v
List of Figures
Fig. 2.1 Fig. 2.2 Fig. 3.1 Fig. 5.1
Weber’s multidimensional analytical framework of sources of validity A reconstruction of Weber’s analytical framework of legitimate domination The three political arenas in democratic realism A performative model of lifeworld and the public sphere emphasising the different dialectic relations
65 66 105 207
vii
List of Tables
Table 2.1 Table 3.1 Table 3.2
Different types of self-discipline Analytical opposition between political legitimacy and effectiveness in democratic realism The three stands of democratic realism
62 73 76
ix
1 Introduction
Political legitimacy is without a doubt one of the principal concepts in political theory, political philosophy, and political sociology, and maybe in the social sciences in general. Furthermore, it is not just of theoretical or scientific interest. Legitimacy is first and foremost a political interest. Politicians and authorities are constantly trying to legitimise their decisions and actions or the structures
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