LEGITIMATION FACTORS IN POLITICAL SYSTEMS

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Tehran

2 Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Payame Noor

Abstract

Legitimacy is one of the factors by which governments justify their dominance and
application of power, therefore each State that suffers from the lack of legitimacy
cannot apply its power as it used to do, but recourses to the rude force to rule upon
people. In this article, our discussion is about the quality of the legitimization of
governments in order to continue their authority. In the other words, the political
systems justify their own legitimacy through emphasizing upon a series of certain
factors; therefore rightness, acceptance, lawful and effectiveness.

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