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Legitimacy lies at the heart of all political discourse and determines much political competition in both developed and less developed societies. Legitimacy is about social, economic and political rights, and it is what transforms coercive capacity and personal influence into durable political authority.
Rawls (1993, 1995) clearly distinguishes between the two concepts, of course. In his view, while justice and legitimacy are relatedâthey draw on the same set of political valuesâthey have different domains and legitimacy makes weaker demands than justice (1993: 225; 1995: 175ff.).