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To investigate whether economic freedom impacts the state’s legitimacy, it is first necessary to clarify the concept of legitimacy. Since the focus of legitimacy research lies in political science and sociology, it is reasonable to borrow the legitimacy concept from these scientific disciplines. However, concerning the research question, this also means that I combine political and social science (as sources for the legitimacy concept) with economics (since the concept of economic freedom stems from this literature).
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Hindermann, C.M. (2018). The Concept of Legitimacy. In: The Impact of Economic Freedom on State Legitimacy. Wirtschaft und Politik. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23195-8_2
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