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Power & Choice, 8/e
W. Phillips Shively, University of Minnesota---Minneapolis
Authority and Legitimacy: The State and the Citizen

Chapter Outline


I. Authority
  1. definition
  2. governments and authority
  3. how authority backed up through coercion, persuasion
  4. presence a matter of degree

II. Legitimacy and authority

III. Sources of legitimacy
  1. legitimacy by results
  2. legitimacy by habit
  3. legitimacy by historical, religious or ethnic identity
  4. legitimacy by procedures

IV. The "democratic citizen"
  1. qualities of a democratic citizen
    1. tolerance
    2. active participation
    3. high level of interest and information
    4. support for the state

V. How well are these requirements met (in modern democracies)
  1. Tolerance: pretty low in modern democracies
  2. Active participation (ex: voting regularly)
  3. High level of interest and information
  4. Support for the state

VI. Social capital

VII. Political culture

VIII. Political socialization
  1. Box: Building authority and legitimacy in West Germany after WWII
  2. Declining Democratic legitimacy in the US








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