... , the majority realized that they are in no way democratic or fit to rule. During the early days of his presidency, Morsi issued a totalitarian constitutional declaration giving him unparalleled powers, such as the power to personally appoint the secretary general. According to Freedom House Organization, " The ... declaration violates the most basic principles of the rule of law and accountable democracy". This was followed by a number of other totalitarian measures, for instance, Hisham Kandil's government drafted a protest law to limit the demonstrations and pacify the people's growing...

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... As such this essay will discuss different subsets of legitimacy judging whether they are mutually exclusive or complementary whilst avoiding the conflation of 'more legitimacy' with 'better government'. It will also demonstrate that legitimacy is ultimately derived from the consent of the governed and therefore that both democratic and non-democratic regimes can be legitimate. At first sight ... and maintain the belief that the existing political institutions are the most appropriate ones for the society"1 may appear inadequate for the reason stated above regarding totalitaria...

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... spirit of triumphalism through the West, came the euphoric impression that, "history had finally ended with the universal victory of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government". Put differently, Chandran Kukathas claims, "we live in an age of democracy fetishism" and "global political phenomenon of 'democratization." That is, ... since like a towering lighthouse guiding emerging States; development, just as Sachs 1992 postulates, seemed to be pointing to the direction of democracy. For this reason some Authoritarian and Totalitarian regimes, which were non-dem...

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• Grade Level: Graduate