Legitimacy
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But, even if the polls are accurate, his popularity is largely irrelevant: dictators do not rule through a social contract, and neither his position nor his
legitimacy
derives from popular appeal.
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The problem with this proposition is that the Chinese state enjoys more
legitimacy
and more authority amongst the Chinese than is true with any Western state.
We need to begin from the position that our knowledge, our power, our
legitimacy
is limited.
What is the
legitimacy
of diplomacy, of the the solution we devise as diplomats if they cannot be reflected and understood by also these broader forces of societies that we now very loosely call groups?
The rediscovery of the
legitimacy
of random selection in politics has become so common lately, that there's simply too many examples to talk about.
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