Legitimacy and the use of force: bridging the analytical – normative divide

By remaining epistemologically committed to an outdated distinction between facts and values, traditional definitions of legitimacy either divest the concept of an important critical component or fail to properly anchor it in the social reality. As an alternative, the article proposes a constitutive...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bjola, C
Format: Journal article
Published: Cambridge University Press 2008