Link Ans - Generic Demands that a not exclude groups doesn’t reaffirm the legitimacy of the state. Individual demands can call into question the legitimacy of the state. Newman 10, Saul Reader in Political Theory at Goldsmiths, U of London, Theory & Event Volume 13, Issue 2 the notion of demand: making certain demands on the There are two aspects that I would like to address here. Firstly, state say for an end to draconian policing is – – higher wages, equal rights for excluded groups, to not go to war, or one of the basic strategies of social movements Making such demands does not and radical groups. necessarily mean reaffirming its legitimacy. On the contrary, demands are working within the state or made from a position outside the political order, and they often exceed the question of the implementation of this or that specific measure. They implicitly call into question the legitimacy and even the sovereignty of the state by highlighting fundamental inconsistencies between, a formal constitutional order which for instance, guarantees certain rights and equalities, and state practices which in reality violate and deny them.
Link Ans - Generic Demands that a not exclude groups doesn’t reaffirm the legitimacy of the state. Individual demands can call into question the legitimacy of the state. Saul Newman 10, Reader in Political Theory at Goldsmiths, U of London, Theory & Event Volume 13, Issue 2 There are two aspects that I would like to address here. Firstly, the notion of demand: making certain demands on the state – say for higher wages, equal rights for excluded groups, to not go to war, or an end to draconian policing – is one of the basic strategies of social movements and radical groups. Making such demands does not necessarily mean working within the state or reaffirming its legitimacy. On the contrary, demands are made from a position outside the political order, and they often exceed the question of the implementation of this or that specific measure. They implicitly call into question the legitimacy and even the sovereignty of the state by highlighting fundamental inconsistencies between, for instance, a formal constitutional order which guarantees certain rights and equalities, and state practices which in reality violate and deny them.
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