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AP Comparative Government and Politics›Unit 1: Political Systems, Regimes, and Governments›Political Systems, Regimes, and Governments

Legitimacy and Stability

Governments stay in power through legitimacy based on tradition, charisma, or rational-legal rules.

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Unit 1: Political Systems, Regimes, and Governments

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Also called: legitimacy, sovereignty