6.3.5  Legitimacy of Political Systems                              

(This is an archived page, from Edition 2 of the Patterns of Power book.  The current versions is at https://www.patternsofpower.org/patterns/political/systems/legitimacy/).

This section has now been subdivided as follows:

The Need for Political Legitimacy (6.3.5.1)

Criteria for Assessing Political Legitimacy (6.3.5.2)

Beetham€™s 3-layer Model of Legitimacy (6.3.5.3)

Evidence of Public Assent to Governance (6.3.5.4)

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