Issues in Politics

Question 1

Broad sense: attitude of people about they consider in mind that the government is a rightful ruler over them.

Answer 1

Legitimacy

Question 2

Originally: right of the king to rule over his people/kingdom
Broadly: right of the leader to rule and control his subjects and territory over which the citizens live
and prosper

Answer 2

Sovereignty

Question 3

It is the power of the leader to rule and the power to exact obedience on his people.
It is based on an acknowledged duty to obey rather than on any form of coercion or manipulation.

Answer 3

Authority