(This is an archived extract from the book Patterns of Power: Edition 2)
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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