Ideologies: Limits on Political Authority
•In some ideologies (Western democracies), political authority is derived by the consent of the governed (e.g. through elections).
•For fascists and Marxist-Leninists, political authority is derived by the will of the state or dictators. Consensus is needed in order to guarantee social order and progress
•For democrats, consent is needed by the people to justify their power. The people decide to give up their individual power to the state. This is also known as the concept of political legitimacy.