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Logics of Legitimacy
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Logics of Legitimacy

by Margaret Stout
September 2017
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
325 pages
11h 32m
English
Routledge
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Chapter 1
The Legitimacy Question
e question at hand addresses the problem of legitimacy within the political order,
meaning legitimate political authority or the rightful empowerment of various gov-
ernance actors to decide and to act. As a starting point, the U.S. Constitution calls
for a separation of powers in which the executive branch and its administrative
organizations are limited in regard to legislative and judicial functions. Similarly,
citizens are limited to the franchise of surage, the right to petition the govern-
ment, and vague references to powers not reserved by the branches of government.
Because the Constitution does not ...
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ISBN: 9781466511613