Political Loyalty and the Legitimacy of Politics in the Time of Crisis Cover Image

Politička lojalnost i legitimitet politike u kriznim okolnostima
Political Loyalty and the Legitimacy of Politics in the Time of Crisis

Author(s): Nikola Poplašen
Subject(s): Political Sciences, Government/Political systems, Political behavior, Political psychology
Published by: Fakultet političkih znanosti u Zagrebu
Keywords: Political Loyalty; Legitimacy; Politics; Time of Crisis;

Summary/Abstract: Author assumes that within a political community, the political system reproduces itself in a stable manner on the basis of loyalty of the majority of members from the majority of the social groups. The author examines, from the standpoint of the psychology of political behavior, what happens with individual loyalty in so called «situation of crisis«. For that purpose, an individual »self« — considering its continuous presence within the political context — is structurally represented as »intimate«, »behavioural«, and »ideal« »self«. The dynamics of these »strata« author brings into connection with a changes of the subjects of political system, which are, according to their position, forced to secure their own legitimacy.

  • Issue Year: XXVI/1989
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 76-84
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Croatian