... the question of what the purpose and duties of a state are and who decides when those duties have been met. Again, from a Western perspective the state exists to protect and serve the people but not at the expense of the rights or liberties of any one citizen. Yet from a more collective perspective as might be found in some Asian countries, the ... as their leader and regime. Weber's political legitimacy is therefore a combination of respect for both the personal and the impersonal – the compulsion to follow a respected fellow human and also a set of laws that have been worked out thr...

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