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  • Legitimacy, Democratic

    Author(s)
    Parkinson, John
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Parkinson, John R.
    Year published
    2015
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    Abstract
    Legitimacy is the moralization of authority. Democratic legitimacy specifies that what makes the exercise of authority moral is that its source is “the people” in some sense; its procedures are democratic ones; and its outcomes clearly relate to the preferences of the people concerned. However, beneath that definition lie several controversies related to disagreements about the concept of democracy, and the relative weights given to democratic procedures versus good outcomes.Legitimacy is the moralization of authority. Democratic legitimacy specifies that what makes the exercise of authority moral is that its source is “the people” in some sense; its procedures are democratic ones; and its outcomes clearly relate to the preferences of the people concerned. However, beneath that definition lie several controversies related to disagreements about the concept of democracy, and the relative weights given to democratic procedures versus good outcomes.
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    Book Title
    The International Encyclopedia of Political Communication
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118541555.wbiepc089
    Subject
    Political Theory and Political Philosophy
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/141726
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