This video is related to the course PSIR Optional. The PSIR or Political Science and International Relations Optional course includes PSIR UPSC Previous Year Papers 40 Years Solved. Model answers are made by combining similar topics to a redefined Syllabus. We will be taking Unit 7: Concept of power, hegemony, ideology and legitimacy.
In today’s lecture we will study about legitimacy. Legitimacy is commonly defined in political science and sociology as the belief that a rule, institution, or leader has the right to govern. It is a judgment by an individual about the rightfulness of a hierarchy between rule or ruler and its subject and about the subordinate’s obligations toward the rule or ruler. When shared by many individuals, legitimacy produces distinctive collective effects in society, including making collective social order more efficient, more consensual, and perhaps more just.
The subjective approach to legitimacy is grounded in the work of Max Weber, who emphasizes the macro-social consequences of citizens’ belief in the legitimacy of their rulers. Weber famously identified three bases for legitimate rule in society (rational-legal, charismatic, and traditional) and argued that the presence of legitimate authority structures the society in such a way that even those who do not share the belief in its legitimacy face incentives to behave as if they did. This he called the ‘validity’ of the social system.
In international political life, the effects of collectively held legitimated rules include social order but also perhaps the end of international anarchy.
Topics covered in this video:
0:00 Concept of Power
0:19 Examine the conditions that are required for the maintenance of legitimacy in modern societies. (14/15)
1:50 Website (www.synopsisias.in)
2:57 Introduction
6:14 Different perspectives on legitimacy
14:27 Next lecture topics
16:05 Components of an ideal answer
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