Legitimation and justification of policy: Analysis of conceptual distinctions
https://doi.org/10.31249/poln/2019.03.12
Abstract
The article considers the problem of conceptualization of legitimacy. While being one of the fundamental concepts of political analysis, «legitimacy» describes the relationships of power, political order, regime, individual institutions, etc. The article argues for the relevance of studying the practice of decisions, actions, policy legitimation, proves the need to distinguish between «legitimation» and «justification» of policies, proposes their conceptualization.
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S. A. Myasnikov
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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