POLITICAL POWER, AUTHORITY AND LEGITIMITY

Political power is the "supreme instance" in a society, and there is no other authority to be superior to it or able to dispute its decisions. In democratic regimes, the political goals that have been raised to the rank of political ideals require political power to be restricted only by c...

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Published inAnalele Universitǎti̧i "Constantin Brâncuşi" din Târgu Jiu. Serie Litere și Ştiinţe Sociale no. 2; pp. 30 - 43
Main Authors Gorun, Horaţiu Tiberiu, Gorun, Adrian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Targu Jiu University Constantin Brancusi of Târgu-Jiu 01.04.2018
Subjects
Authority
Coercion
Consent
Democracy
Legitimacy
Obedience
Objectives
Political power
Social control
Sovereignty
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Summary:Political power is the "supreme instance" in a society, and there is no other authority to be superior to it or able to dispute its decisions. In democratic regimes, the political goals that have been raised to the rank of political ideals require political power to be restricted only by constitutional provisions, giving it the ultimate right of coercion in situations of disobedience or violation of its decisions. It is the expression of sovereignty and it is sovereign. Here, Gorun and Gorun assert that in non-democratic regimes, where authority is largely exercised by coercion, the acceptance of imperative control of power being based on partial consent, a limited consent that not only questions the authority-legitimacy relationship but also the power of political control exercised over society. Moreover, social control cannot be achieved manifestly, it cannot be an in actu control, but, possibly, a latent, persuasive one. The absence of social manifest control over political power in undemocratic regimes does not mean that power would not have the possibility of informing about attempted control (latent).
ISSN:1844-6051
2344-3677