The Evolution of the Fundamentals of Political Legitimacy in Post-Soviet Central Asia

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Master of Political Science, University of Tehran.

2 Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Tehran

Abstract

The fundamentals of legitimacy are the values that a government or leader must have, inthe eyes of the people at home or in the international system abroad, or must implement insociety; Because the transition process that will lead to the replacement of a leader, if itlacks legitimacy, calls into question the survival of such leader and will overthrow him.
Rational justification for accepting the authority of the Leader, which is directly related to the extent of government power and citizens' freedom, and is referred to as legitimacy, is one of the most important concerns facing rulers or governments. For this reason, survival has always been a constant concern for Central Asian leaders, and this has directly depended on their legitimacy. Given Weber's framework of all kinds of legitimacy, the predominant legitimacy of Central Asian leaders in their countries' political systems has always depended on charismatic and traditional legitimacy, but as they entered the international system as new political units, they faced modernity fundamentals of legitimacy, which challenged their present legitimacy. In this regard, in this descriptive analytical article, we seek to provide a perspective on the status of legitimacy and its predominant aspect in the political structure of Central Asia so as to be used as a model to analyze the future political transitions of Central Asia.

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Journal of Political Socology of Islamic World
Volume 8, Issue 17 - Serial Number 17
September 2020
Pages 31-56

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  • Receive Date: 15 October 2019
  • Revise Date: 14 April 2020
  • Accept Date: 01 May 2020

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