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The political doctrine that the legitimacy of a government derives from a (normally unstated) contract between the government and the people (normally derived from an election).
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Contractarianism means The political doctrine that the legitimacy of a government derives from a (normally unstated) contract between the government and the people (normally derived from an election).
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