Legitimacy

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

The Banjul Charter and the African Cultural Fingerprint: An Evaluation of the Language of Duties

Abstract: This article questions the universality of the human rights corpus and argues that a human rights doctrine that is legitimate across cultures and traditions is not possible without the participation of the wider globe Its purpose is to imagine and reconfigure a rights regime that could achieve legitimacy in Africa It argues that African cultures and conceptions of man have a lot to contribute to the exercise of the reconstruction of the human rights corpus The piece focuses attention on particular African ideas and conceptions of society, morality, and human ethos that would enrich the human rights regime and make it more legitimate in Africa

Monopolizing Force? Police Legitimacy and Public Attitudes toward the Acceptability of Violence

Abstract: Why do people believe that violence is acceptable? In this paper we study people’s normative beliefs about the acceptability of violence to achieve social control (as a substitute for the police, for self-protection and the resolution of disputes) and social change (through violent protests and acts to achieve political goals). Addressing attitudes towards violence among young men from various ethnic minority communities in London, we find that procedural justice is strongly correlated with police legitimacy, and that positive judgments about police legitimacy predicts more negative views about the use of violence. We conclude with the idea that police legitimacy has an additional, hitherto unrecognized, empirical property – by constituting the belief that the police monopolise rightful force in society, legitimacy can create a ‘crowding out’ effect on positive views of private violence.

The Constitution of Iran: Politics and the State in the Islamic Republic

Abstract: Part 1 Contradictions in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic: the composition of the Constitution the genesis of the Constitution the clash over velayat-e faqih Part 2 The supression of the democratic elements: the power of the leader the impotence of the people the supression of fundamental rights the power of the clergy Part 3 The fate of the Constitution's Islamic legalist elements: the unavoidable acceptance of laws alien to the shari'a circumventing the shari'a through the Rule of Emergency circumventing the shari'a through Secondary Contractual Conditions state ordinances the interests of the ruling system as a standard for legislation a problematic criterion of legitimacy Part 4 The crisis of the shari'a: an awareness of crisis the search for solutions criticism from outside

Legitimacy, Strategy, and Resources in the Survival of Community-Based Organizations

Abstract: Organizations active in mobilizing low- and moderate-income communities make considerable efforts to combat inequalities and build voice for citizens, despite inherent challenges of obtaining resources, maintaining member interest, and retaining staff. How, then, do such groups remain viable—even thriving—organizations? Building upon research on organizational theory and social movements, we examine patterns of survival among a sample of community-based organizations (CBOs) between 1990 and 2004, thus providing the first systematic study of their long-term mortality processes. More specifically, we test how organizations' sociopolitical legitimacy and resources (and strategies for cultivating both) influence survival, finding that the legitimacy of organizations in low-income areas is a double-edged sword, as embeddedness in resource-deprived local environments confers both benefits and disadvantages. In particular, we find the strongest support for the notion that, beyond the considerable effects of externally obtained resources, CBOs also benefit considerably by engaging in even a small amount of grassroots fundraising. Further, although we find significant effects of extra-local legitimacy in the baseline models—through organizations' affiliation with national or regional organizing networks—we find evidence in additional analyses that the survival benefits of network affiliation are largely mediated by resources. We also find sizable but marginally significant effects of local legitimacy, and significant positive effects of organizational age and urban location. Overall, our findings suggest that although cultivating resources is the surest path to survival, organizations that build their legitimacy will be in a better position to compensate for structural resource deficits.

In quest of legitimacy: The theoretical and methodological foundations of entrepreneurship education research

Abstract: This editorial discusses contemporary entrepreneurship education research and identifies the manner in which the three articles comprising this special issue contribute to advancing the theoretical and methodological foundations of the field. In so doing we seek to describe how and why entrepreneurship education research may struggle for legitimacy along with the complexities of working in this field. This special issue raises questions about entrepreneurship education research and, through the featured articles provides some responses. This special issue itself, however, is presented as part of an ongoing discussion about the nature and role of entrepreneurship education more widely and is intended to provoke further critical engagement and stimulate theoretical and methodological development.