The legitimacy of the state in face of economic and political contemporary structural changes

Abstract

This article goals to seize, conceptual Max Weber structure rooted, political crises representativeness determinations which, today, reach the widest development stage and political spectrum variety within state-nations, as well as intend to speculate regarding Weberian thinking imposition by nowadays reality limits. Based on rational-legal domination category, seeking on a structured-historical methodological approach, political power founding legitimacy established elements on modernity order and their functionality logic emerged specifying transformation. Debates bureaucracy as in every sociable sphere present organization ideal model; also, points out political and economic transformations that occur inside and outside state-nations that pose a threat to modernity peak consecrated bureaucracy. It is concluded rational-legal dominate theory, still, has able conducting fundaments to political power factors understanding, although particularly important adequacy to conceptual marks aiming analytic, power institution and its contemporary legitimacy, reflection.