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When a government’s legitimacy starts to break down, the government might be in trouble because ______.

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Answer: no legitimacy = no credibility. If the government is legally elected or nominated, and there is no way how to remove, all the system can be blocked. If there is a constitutional way how to remove it, there is no problem.

Explanation: there are many political systems in the world. Always depends where is the legitimacy of the government derived from. From the legislativy assembly (Parliament, Congress) or executive (president) ? In presidential systems its legimitimacy is derived from the president (the USA, Latin America), in parliamentary systems it usually requires approval of the legislature.

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it can no longer command the loyalty of its citizens and social order starts to disintegrate

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