Which is the source of the state power legitimacy? 1. The strength (the power itself) 2. The justice of its laws 3. The history 4. The recognition of other states 5. The democracy 6. Other thing (which?)
In the most basic sense, the very ability to hold onto that power. In my personal opinion, however, the ability to stay in power without the use of violence against its own people makes a state legitimate. A little bit of crowd control and the enforcement of sensible laws is ok, but once you start using heavy artillary on protesters or forcing people into reeducation camps, it all slips from there. there is definitly a grey area between legitamate and iligitimate.
If the source of legitimacy is the ability to hold the power, dictatorships must be more legitimate than democracies, because in them people remain in the power for a longtime, or at least equally legitimate, if we consider the state and not the people. Do you agree?
A government is effective and legitimate as long as it has its people's support. People are generally satisfied with their government if it protects their life, liberty, and property (property is what's implied by "pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence). You may say that's the Enlightenment idea, but those philosophers merely put into good words the truths that were there all along ever since there was some sort of a leader in a group.
If the consensus of its population is the source of legitimacy, if in a country there was consensus about end democracy and human rights, must they be ended? A dictator could sort of convince people about defending better life and property e.g.
The current events in Ukraine are interesting if you consider what was said above. Not only is the people's recognition necessary, but also the recognition of other gov'ts (referring to US's opinion on the events).
Well, if US doesn't like the gov't, it can easily overthrow it (has been seen many times through history). Study ahead, you won't be bored. /ducks.
That has nothing to do with legetimacy, little volk. State's legitimacy comes only from its people. If some other state is interfering with the legitime stance of the population then it is oppression of that state's inner (duno the english term) sovereignty. Of course there can't be a fully sovereign state (international sovereigny/recognicion needed too), but if only one other state doesn't recognize some other state then that is just bullying and is not serious. p.s. I know my constitutional rights (9/10), thank you. Of course there are other constitutional theories, but mine is the one most accepted in Europe and also by me (whichever is more globally important).
Mhh, I only made an attempt to think beyond what was said in class. You should try that sometimes, big drakonchik.
[cold voice] I think on everything I'm being told and in this case I agree on what I was told. [/cold voice]
I agree too. But look at what was said about Arafat (let him freeze up there); Israel thought Arafat wasn't a legit leader so negotiations were useless. Well, of course such ideas were meaningless, but still, international recognition has to be there since there are international relations. Would you talk to someone you thought was not a legitimate leader of a group but presented himself as such? [cold voice] well, let me see your questioning process [/cold voice]
I'm tired repeating. Two different things. What Israel thinks is nothing to do with state's legetimacy, but with international (only if a weak de facto) relations.
Take Ukraine for example. People there still recognize themselves to be Ukrainians (sp) and even if they'd want to form another country from a part of it, it's still Ukrainians that think different. That's legitimacy screwed. Israel arab case has to do with an entirelly new state Palestine in it's infancy and any official Israel relations with palestitian authoroties lean more towards international relations. Of course theory is one thing and reality is rarely as clear as it and it's harder to draw the line, but that's how I see it. Eat it or leave it, I don't care.