Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
UGC NET July 2016 Political Science
The term 'legitimation crisis', as the erosion of confidence in public institutions resulting in the coercive apparatus of states, was developed by
ADavid Apter
BS.P. Huntington
CEdward Shils
DHabermas ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Habermas — Jurgen Habermas developed the concept of legitimation crisis, so he is the answer.
Explanation
★Jurgen Habermas developed the concept of legitimation crisis, so he is the answer.
★He set it out in his 1973 work Legitimation Crisis (1973).
★The term describes a loss of public confidence in administrative institutions.
★Such a crisis can erode the legitimacy and stability of governing regimes.
★It arises even when institutions keep their legal authority to govern.
★Habermas linked it to the strains of advanced or late capitalism.
★David Apter, Huntington and Edward Shils worked on related themes but not this concept.
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