Global Politics · Core topics: Understanding power and global politics
CT.4 — Legitimacy in global politics
Global Politics · SL / HL · syllabus-mapped notes
Sources of state and government legitimacy
Where states and governments derive the recognised right to rule, and the distinction between state legitimacy and the legitimacy of a particular government.
Challenges to legitimacy
The internal and external challenges that can erode state and government legitimacy.
Legitimacy of non-state actors
How non-state actors gain legitimacy, through representation, interaction, ability and efficacy.
Legitimation and loss of legitimacy
How legitimacy is gained, strengthened, reduced or lost through the actions and interactions of political actors.