Week 6 Legitimacy

Question 1

What is legitimacy

Answer 1

The right and acceptance of an authority

Question 2

Input legitimacy

Answer 2

Elections and party competition

Question 3

Output legitimacy

Answer 3

What the government puts out

Question 4

Challenges of legitimacy

Answer 4

Populism and authoritarian legitimacy

Question 5

How does populism challenge legitimacy

Answer 5

They vs us
Input: we not represented
Output: Our interests are not met

Question 6

Max Webers view on legitimacy

Answer 6

belief in legitimacy on the part of the relevant social agents and power relations as legitimate where those involved in them, subordinate as well as dominant, believe them to be so.

Question 7

Three components of legitimacy

Answer 7

1. Legal validity; the rules of authority must be seen as legally valid
2. Justifiability; The rules or actions of the authority must be justified in terms that citizens can accept as valid, consistent with shared beliefs, and morally acceptable.
3. Consent; There must be a general consent or acceptance of the authority’s rule by the public, often demonstrated through participation or compliance

Question 8

Political authority of leaders stems either from:

Answer 8

1. Tradition
2. Personal appeal to the leaders (charisma)
3. The governments production of goods and services.
4. Belief in the fairness of the procedural mechanism responsible for electing leaders.