This paper states the authors' views on the realities and prospects of globalization as an economic, political and social category. In particular, there considered the development factors of globalization in the world economy such as innovation development, expansion of intergovernmental...

Questions of domination and power, legitimacy and legitimation have driven 20th century research on dictatorship and democracy, on totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, on fascism and communism and even on capitalism versus socialism. Reference to Max Weber's ideal-types of legitimate...