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Legitimacy

About: Legitimacy is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 26153 publications have been published within this topic receiving 565921 citations.


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TL;DR: Tickner and Walker as discussed by the authors argued that the liberal state as an agent of feminist change is not a good fit for women's empowerment, and pointed out the security paradox of the state's power and gender.
Abstract: Preface, J. Ann Tickner introduction - states of gender and gendered states, V. Spike Peterson what exactly is wrong with the liberal state as an agent of feminist change?, Mona Harington gender and the security paradox, Rebecca Grant sovereignty, power and gender - a feminist's critique of coup and invasion in Grenada, Dessima Williams women and revolution - structure and legitimacy in the "new age", Mary Ann Tetreault the "state" of nature - a garden unfit for women and other living things, Anne Sisson Runyan sovereignty, identity, sacrifice, Jean Bethke Elshtaln feminists and realists on autonomy and obligation in international relations, Christine Sylvester on the discourses of sovereignty - gender and critique in the theory of international relations, R.B.J. Walker.

158 citations

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TL;DR: The structural and political dimensions of gender violence and mass incarceration are linked in multiple ways as mentioned in this paper, and the myriad causes and consequences of mass incarceration discussed herein call for increased attention to the interface between the dynamics that constitute race, gender, and class power, as well as to the way these dynamics converge and rearticulate themselves within institutional settings to manufacture social punishment and human suffering.
Abstract: The structural and political dimensions of gender violence and mass incarceration are linked in multiple ways. The myriad causes and consequences of mass incarceration discussed herein call for increased attention to the interface between the dynamics that constitute race, gender, and class power, as well as to the way these dynamics converge and rearticulate themselves within institutional settings to manufacture social punishment and human suffering. Beyond addressing the convergences between private and public power that constitute the intersectional dimensions of social control, this Article addresses political failures within the antiracism and antiviolence movements that may contribute to the legitimacy of the contemporary punishment culture, both ideologically and materially. KW: Juvenile justice; Juvenile delinquency; Language: en

157 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison of education reform in two Canadian provinces during the 1990s is made, showing that the Ontario government experienced a series of setbacks and lost the support of education stakeholders and the public.
Abstract: Studies of failure typically assess public policies through the lenses of effectiveness, efficiency, and performance. Here I wish to propose a further dimension to the evaluation and assessment of policy failure—legitimacy. The substantive elements of public policies and the procedural steps taken by authoritative decision makers during the policy cycle affect the perception of policy legitimacy held by both stakeholders and the public. In substantive terms, policy content should align with the dominant attitudes of the affected policy community and, ideally, the broader public. Procedurally, factors such as policy incubation, the emotive appeals deployed to gain support for an initiative, and the processes of stakeholder engagement shape the legitimacy of public policies and the governments who promote them. This argument is based on a comparison of education reform in two Canadian provinces during the 1990s. Governments in Alberta and Ontario pursued common agendas of education reform, but while Alberta achieved success, the Ontario government experienced a series of setbacks and lost the support of education stakeholders and the public. The root of Ontario's failures lies in the realm of legitimacy. These findings highlight the fact that the strategies used for enacting policy change may fail to bring about the necessary consensus among societal actors to sustain a new policy direction and calls attention to our need to better understand how governments can achieve meaningful public participation while still achieving legislative success in an efficient fashion.

157 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors revisited the role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), suggesting the usefulness of adopting a holistic and historical perspective, and underlined the importance of taking into account the evolving regulatory frameworks within which mining activities take place in order to consider the changing roles played by the various actors involved.

156 citations

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TL;DR: The authors discusses the exercises of collective authority by the Security Council and considers what it means to speak of an institution's use of authority as illegitimate, and discusses proposals for reform of the Council.
Abstract: This article discusses the exercises of collective authority by the Security Council. More specifically, it considers what it means to speak of an institution’s use of authority as illegitimate. It addresses particular circumstances that lead broad perceptions of illegitimacy regarding the collective authority of the Security Council, and discusses proposals for reform.

156 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20245
20231,984
20224,252
2021967
20201,096
20191,281