Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Direct Democracy
15 Apr 2016
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Traditional and charismatic types of legitimacy are in decline. Legal-rational is ascending and becoming more popular, this can be both good and bad. Facilitates peaceful reconciliation of competing interests, institutions garner more legitimacy. **democracy is crucial part in today"s political legitimacy, but can be manipulated from above. Even legal-rational and democratic elements are further reinforced by the power of tradition. A traditional, sentimental attachment that no legislature can manufacture in any people > strong attachment to traditional monarchy. Charisma has been crucial in british history. Ex; winston churchill inspires to ght on beaches, margaret thatcher saves britain from winter of. Political regimes can weaken/fail based on the loss of legitimacy. Its demands overwhelm institutions, failure to respond to growing level of demand. More democracy = more participation = more demands. If the needs of capital trump the needs of the people. Unless state convinces people their interests coincide with needs of capital. Multifaceted: can"t be reduced to no one principle/feature.
