Legitiimiyden
Legitiimiyden is the Finnish term for legitimacy in political science, referring to the general acceptance by citizens that a government, institution, or regime has the right to exercise authority within a given legal and constitutional order. It encompasses the perceived legitimacy of both the rule and the ruler, and it underpins stable governance and public compliance.
There are different ways to categorize legitimacy. Normative legitimacy concerns the moral justification for political authority,
Theorizations of legitimacy draw on classical and modern sources. Max Weber identified traditional, charismatic, and legal-rational
Sources of legitimacy typically include consent through elections, adherence to constitutional rules, public trust in institutions,
In Finnish discourse, legitiimiyden is used to analyze how political actors maintain or lose legitimacy within