Legitimacy Depletion Phenomenon

A Legitimacy Depletion Phenomenon is a legitimacy depletion political legitimacy phenomenon that involves the legitimacy depletion gradual erosion of legitimacy depletion political authority through legitimacy depletion source exhaustion.

• AKA: Legitimacy Erosion Process, Authority Depletion Syndrome.
• Context:
  • It can typically manifest Legitimacy Depletion Performance Failures undermining legitimacy depletion effectiveness claims.
  • It can typically involve Legitimacy Depletion Promise Exhaustion depleting legitimacy depletion credibility reserves.
  • It can typically feature Legitimacy Depletion Narrative Breakdown weakening legitimacy depletion ideological appeal.
  • It can typically create Legitimacy Depletion Expectation Gaps between legitimacy depletion promises and legitimacy depletion delivery.
  • It can typically accelerate Legitimacy Depletion Support Withdrawal by legitimacy depletion key constituencies.
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  • It can often trigger Legitimacy Depletion Compensatory Mechanisms including legitimacy depletion increased coercion.
  • It can often generate Legitimacy Depletion Elite Defection as legitimacy depletion benefits diminish.
  • It can often produce Legitimacy Depletion Symbolic Inflation through legitimacy depletion ritual intensification.
  • It can often cause Legitimacy Depletion Cascading Failures across legitimacy depletion institutional domains.
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  • It can range from being a Slow Legitimacy Depletion Phenomenon to being a Rapid Legitimacy Depletion Phenomenon, depending on its legitimacy depletion temporal pace.
  • It can range from being a Sectoral Legitimacy Depletion Phenomenon to being a Systemic Legitimacy Depletion Phenomenon, depending on its legitimacy depletion institutional scope.
  • It can range from being a Reversible Legitimacy Depletion Phenomenon to being a Terminal Legitimacy Depletion Phenomenon, depending on its legitimacy depletion recovery potential.
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  • It can lead to Political Bank Run when legitimacy depletion critical threshold is reached.
  • It can interact with Authoritarian Collective Action Problem preventing legitimacy depletion regime renewal.
  • It can be accelerated by Comparative Modernization Dilemma creating legitimacy depletion performance pressure.
  • It can be studied through Archive-Driven Historical Analysis documenting legitimacy depletion historical patterns.
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• Example(s):
  • Legitimacy Depletion Performance-Based Cases, such as:
    • Legitimacy Run-Out Process exhausting legitimacy depletion economic delivery.
    • Military Defeat Legitimacy Crisis destroying legitimacy depletion martial prestige.
    • Corruption Scandal Legitimacy Drain eroding legitimacy depletion moral authority.
  • Legitimacy Depletion Ideological Cases, such as:
    • Revolutionary Ideal Exhaustion depleting legitimacy depletion transformative vision.
    • Religious Authority Decline weakening legitimacy depletion sacred foundation.
    • Nationalist Narrative Failure undermining legitimacy depletion identity claims.
  • Legitimacy Depletion Generational Cases, such as:
    • Founding Generation Passing removing legitimacy depletion personal authority.
    • Youth Alienation Process rejecting legitimacy depletion traditional values.
    • Memory Fade Phenomenon weakening legitimacy depletion historical justification.
  • Legitimacy Depletion Structural Cases, such as:
    • Institutional Decay Process undermining legitimacy depletion administrative capacity.
    • Elite Fragmentation Dynamic fracturing legitimacy depletion ruling coalition.
    • Social Contract Breakdown violating legitimacy depletion reciprocal obligations.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Legitimacy Renewal Process, which regenerates legitimacy political authority through legitimacy new sources.
  • Legitimacy Transfer Mechanism, which shifts legitimacy authority basis to legitimacy new foundations.
  • Coercive Stability, which maintains coercive political control without legitimacy requirements.
• See: Political Legitimacy Phenomenon, Authority Theory, Political Decay, Regime Stability, Legitimacy Run-Out Process.

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