Reviewd in AA, March 90by Philip KohlWellesley CollegePolitical legitimacy: how a state manages to convince or coerce the people under its rule that it has the right to rule, that its existence is appropriate and just or, at the very least, can be tolerated.In any culture, ther are rival ideological principles that can be invoked to validate opposing course of action. Which principles win... must be explained by historical events.the gap b/w performance and ideology in the legitimacy of the nation-state of Tanzania: pragmatiic capacity to cope with recurrent crises, and never overstepping a threshold of popular tolerance.