<Li> Traditional legitimacy derives from societal custom and habit that emphasize the history of the authority of tradition . Traditionalists understand this form of rule as historically accepted, hence its continuity, because it is the way society has always been . Therefore, the institutions of traditional government usually are historically continuous, as in monarchy and tribalism . </Li> <Li> Charismatic legitimacy derives from the ideas and personal charisma of the leader, a person whose authoritative persona charms and psychologically dominates the people of the society to agreement with the government's régime and rule . A charismatic government usually features weak political and administrative institutions, because they derive authority from the persona of the leader, and usually disappear without the leader in power . However, if the charismatic leader has a successor, a government derived from charismatic legitimacy might continue . </Li> <Li> Rational - legal legitimacy derives from a system of institutional procedure, wherein government institutions establish and enforce law and order in the public interest . Therefore, it is through public trust that the government will abide the law that confers rational - legal legitimacy . </Li> <P> In a theocracy, government legitimacy derives from the spiritual authority of a god or a goddess . </P>

Legitimacy as a factor of stability of government