Habermas, Jürgen. <br/><br/>
Legitimation crisis / 
by Jürgen Habermas ; translated by Thomas McCarthy. 
 - Cambridge, UK :  Polity Press,  1988, c1976. 
 - xxiv, 166 p. ;  22 cm. +  pbk. 
<br/><br/> Translation of: Legitimationsprobleme im Spèatkapitalismus.  Originally published: London : Heinemann Educational, 1976. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-163) and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I: A social-scientific concept of crisis -- System and life-world -- Some constituents of social systems -- Illustration of social principles of organization -- System crises elucidated through the example of the liberal-capitalist crises cycle -- Part II: Crises tendencies in advanced capitalism -- A descriptive model of advanced capitalism -- Problems resulting from advanced-capitalist growth -- A classification of possible crises tendencies -- Theorems of economic crises -- Theorems of rationality crises -- Theorems of legitimation crisis -- Theorems of motivation crisis -- A backward glance -- Part III: On the logic of legitimation problems -- Max Weber's concept of legitimation -- The relation of practical questions to truth -- The model of the suppression of generalizable interests -- The end of the individual? -- Complexity and democracy -- Partiality for reason. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0745606091 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>88194430 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Capitalism.<br/>Economic history--1971-1990.<br/>Social history--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.122