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| - | '''Legitimation''' or '''legitimization''' is the act of providing [[wikt:legitimacy|legitimacy]]. Legitimation in the [[social sciences]] refers to the [[wikt:process|process]] whereby an act, process, or [[ideology]] becomes legitimate by its attachment to [[Norm (sociology)|norms]] and [[values]] within a given [[society]]. It is the process of making something acceptable and normative to a group or [[audience]]. | + | '''Advocacy groups''' (also known as '''pressure groups''', '''lobby groups''', '''campaign groups''', '''interest groups''', or '''special interest groups''') use various forms of [[advocacy]] to influence [[public opinion]] and/or policy; they have played and continue to play an important part in the development of political and social systems. Groups vary considerably in size, influence, and motive; some have wide ranging long term social purposes, others are focused and are a response to an immediate issue or concern. |
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| - | Legitimate power is the right to exercise control over others by virtue of the [[authority]] of one's superior organization position or status. | + | *[[Client politics]] |
| - | + | *[[Identity politics]] | |
| - | ==Power and influence== | + | *[[Lobbying in the United States]] |
| - | For example, the legitimation of power can be understood using [[Max Weber]]'s traditional bases of power. In a [[bureaucracy]], people gain legitimate use of power by their positions in which it is widely agreed that the specified person hold authority . There is no inherent right to wield power. For example,a president can exercise power and authority because the position is fully legitimated by society as a whole. | + | *[[Non-governmental organization]] (NGO) |
| - | In another example, if an individual attempts to convince others that something is "right", they can invoke generally accepted arguments that support their [[Political agenda|agenda]]. [[Advocacy group]]s must legitimate their courses of action based on invoking specific [[social norms]] and values. Invoking these norms and values allows the group to proceed in a rational and coherent manner with the expectation that their subsequent behavior is legitimated by the norms and values which guide their organizations. | + | *[[Pressure groups in the United Kingdom]] |
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| - | ==Family law== | + | |
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| - | Legitimation can also be used as a legal term where a father of a child born out of wedlock becomes the child's legal father. Prior to legitimation, the child is said to be illegitimate. Once a child has been legitimated, he or she is entitled to all of the benefits from that father as he or she would if that man had been married to the child's mother at the time of the child's birth. The father is responsible for providing support to the child and the child is entitled to inherit from the father. | + | |
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| - | ==Canon Law== | + | |
| - | Legitimation is a term in [[Roman Catholic]] [[canon law]] to remove the [[canonical irregularity]] of [[illegitimacy]] for candidates for the priesthood. | + | |
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| - | == See also == | + | |
| - | * [[Machiavellianism]] | + | |
| - | * [[Symbolic violence]] | + | |
| - | * [[Structural abuse]] | + | |
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Advocacy groups (also known as pressure groups, lobby groups, campaign groups, interest groups, or special interest groups) use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion and/or policy; they have played and continue to play an important part in the development of political and social systems. Groups vary considerably in size, influence, and motive; some have wide ranging long term social purposes, others are focused and are a response to an immediate issue or concern.
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See also
- Client politics
- Identity politics
- Lobbying in the United States
- Non-governmental organization (NGO)
- Pressure groups in the United Kingdom
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