nal group identity and the poli tical definition of the community" (Binder, et al, 1974, 53).
2. The legitimacy crisis refers to ". . . the change in the nature of the ultimate authority to which political obligation is owed" (Binder, et al, 53).
3. The participation crisis refers to ". . . the indi vidual's freedom to alter the social order in which he finds himself" (Binder, et al, 1974, 58). It should be noted that participation may be either peaceful or violent.
4. The distribution crisisrefers to the . . . rapid increase in the popular demand for mater ial benefits from the government and with the contem porary belief that governments are responsible for the level of living in any given country. These phe nomena have been described as the revolution of rising expectations, and the extreme optimism of these 'atti tudinal revolutionaries' has been increasingly govern ments did not see the probl
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