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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=political_science">political science</a>, <b>legitimacy</b> is a concept concerning the <a href="page.php?w=Rights">right</a> of an <a href="page.php?w=authority">authority</a>, usually a governing law or a <a href="page.php?w=regime">regime</a>, to rule the actions of a society. In political systems where this is not the case, unpopular regimes survive because they are considered legitimate by a small, influential <a href="page.php?w=elite">elite</a>. In Chinese <a href="page.php?w=political_philosophy">political philosophy</a>,</p><p>
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