The word legitimacy is a noun. It is the quality of being legitimate.
what are the factors that determine legitimacy
legitimacy is act of being legit
The government derives it's legitimacy from the People.
I can test the legitimacy of this statement by looking up the word in the dictionary.
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Poliical legitimacy is the fact that politics is "right" on a certain issue
Legitimacy is a measure of how accurate, true, or appropriate an aspect is under specific circumstances. In a case where truth was a variable "legitimacy" may be used as a measure of whether or not something is true.
France is a democracy, the government derives its legitimacy from the free vote of the people.
Legitimacy is a term used by governments to recognize another regime. A government can obtain legitimacy in several ways. For example, allowing people to participate in government having representatives shows signs of legitimacy. Also, having a codified law that is referred to shows signs of a "higher law" which is another way to obtain legitimacy.
The legitimacy is an issue in the global south because of the need of good governance and accountability.
Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin were all leaders in China who had political legitimacy.