The 1982 volume edited by T.H. Rigby and Ferenc Fehér, Political Legitimation in Communist States, was a seminal work.¹ Not only did it open up a whole new dimension of Communist politics, but it also introduced the concept of goal-rational legitimation to theories of legitimacy.² In doing so, it alerted us to the fact that the classic Weberian three-fold approach to legitimacy was in serious need of an update and expansion, particularly if it was to apply to Communist systems.³