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What is legitimacy and why is important to a government?

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Legitimacy, as it refers to a political government, is the acceptance of the decisions of government leaders and officials by most of the people and the exercise of power has been in accordance with the society's generally accepted procedures and political or moral values. The legitimacy of the U.S. government is established in the ...

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