Modern Governments and Its Avatars: Understanding Legitimacy in Contemporary Political Systems
Author(s): Dr. Chintala Venkatramana
Authors Affiliations:
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
University of Allahabad, Prayagraj-211002
DOIs:10.2015/IJIRMF/202507028 | Paper ID: IJIRMF202507028Abstract
It is estimated that more than fourteen hundred Israelis have been killed by Hamas in recent past. Finance Minister of Israel Bezalel Smotrich said that ‘Israel Government failed to protect its citizens, and we failed to implement the unwritten contract between State and Citizens.’ Whenever the State fails to protect its citizens, then it loses its legitimacy to govern anymore. Now the question arises of what is the purpose of Government? What kind of government is morally legitimate and why? In other words, which is the best form of Government to govern us? However, this paper is an attempt to understand the concept of political legitimacy from four different perspectives within the enlightenment tradition and one different perspective from anti enlightenment tradition.
Dr. Chintala Venkatramana (2025); Modern Governments and Its Avatars: Understanding Legitimacy in Contemporary Political Systems, International Journal for Innovative Research in Multidisciplinary Field, ISSN(O): 2455-0620, Vol-11, Issue-7, Pp.195-198 Available on – https://www.ijirmf.com/
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