Unit 1: Paper 1 — The Core
Topic 1.5: Legitimacy Questions
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Which BUILDS international legitimacy for a state?
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True or false? A government can control a country and still be widely unrecognised.
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The 2003 Iraq war is often seen as lacking international legitimacy because it:
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True or false? The same kind of military action can be legitimate or illegitimate depending on whether it has UN backing.
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Complete the sentence: when the Security Council authorises an action, it makes it the ______ decision, not one country's aggression.
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After taking power in 2021, the Taliban were:
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Complete the sentence: a government its people accept is obeyed by ______, not just by force.
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The strongest source of international legitimacy for an action is:
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A fair point that the powerful cannot simply ignore international legitimacy is that:
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Domestic legitimacy is about whether a government is accepted by:
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In the Arab Spring, people rose up mainly because governments were seen as:
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Why is power without domestic legitimacy fragile?
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Which BREAKS domestic legitimacy?
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'Charismatic' legitimacy comes from:
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International legitimacy is about whether an action or government is accepted by:
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Which is an example of recognition of a GOVERNMENT (not a state)?
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Which pair correctly matches the war to its legitimacy?
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Which pair correctly matches the action to its effect on domestic legitimacy?
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True or false? A government can keep control of its army while losing the acceptance of its people.
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Legitimation is the process of:
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