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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: Cooter et al. as mentioned in this paper predict that judges will be more adventurous in interpreting legislation as the number of independent vetoes on fresh legislation increases and as the unity and discipline of political parties decreases.
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01 Jan 1982
TL;DR: Bretherton as mentioned in this paper discusses the meaning and scope of politics, the meaning of power, authority, and legitimacy in the context of politics and the role of the police and the military in the process of change.
Abstract: List of Figures and Tables Preface to the third edition Preface to the second edition Preface to the third edition Part I: The Study of Politics: 1 The Meaning and Scope of Politics 2 Approaches and Levels 3 Key Concepts - 1: Power, Authority and Legitimacy 4 Key Concepts - 2: Ideology, Interest and Choice 5 Models in the Study of Politics 6 Models of Democracy - 1: Alternatives 7 Models of Democracy - 2: The Debate 8 The Scope and Responsibility of the State Part II: The Context of Politics: 9 Political Stability 10 History, Tradition and Myth 11 The Economic and Social Context of Politics Part III: National Politics in Operation: 12 Party Politics 13 Group Politics 14 Executives 15 Assemblies 16 Executive-Assembly Relations 17 Bureaucracies 18 Laws, Courts and Judges 19 The Police and the Military Part IV: Supranational and Subnational Politics: 20 Global Politics: Approaches to Analysis: Charlotte Bretherton 21 Global Politics: Processes of Change: Charlotte Bretherton 22 Nationalism, Federalism and Devolution 23 Local Politics Part V: Links Between Government and People: 24 Legitimacy 25 Political Socialization 26 Representation and Elections 27 Other Forms of Participation References
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TL;DR: This paper found that losers of elections are less inclined to trust their political institutions, consent to government authority or feel that voting matters than winners, while winners are more willing than winners to defend their institutions against manipulation by elected officials.
Abstract: Elections are thought to bolster legitimacy by providing fair mechanisms for selecting leaders. Survey data from more than 20,000 respondents in twelve African countries demonstrate that in Africa losers of elections are less inclined to trust their political institutions, consent to government authority or feel that voting matters. Contrary to initial expectations, however, losers are more willing than winners to defend their institutions against manipulation by elected officials. Losers in Africa seem critical of their institutions, but nonetheless willing to protect them, while winners seem submissive subjects, granting unconditional support to their current leaders. Finally, losers are much more likely than winners to denounce flawed elections, but losers have additional reasons to doubt the legitimacy of their current institutions.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the introduction of public participation into land and resource management planning in the Canadian province of British Columbia represents a unique application of alternative dispute resolution theory, and it provides an opportunity to evaluate large-scale consensus decision-making processes within natural resources planning and management.
Abstract: The introduction of public participation into land and resource management planning in the Canadian province of British Columbia represents a unique application of alternative dispute resolution theory. Portentous in its scope and inclusivity, this case provides an opportunity to evaluate large-scale consensus decision-making processes within natural resources planning and management. Qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews, conducted from September 1997 to July 1998, revealed one overarching theme reflecting important issues and concerns to respondents: legitimacy. From respondents' perspectives, a successful public planning process must have fair representation, appropriate government resources, and be consensus driven—the three components of legitimacy. According to respondents, a legitimate planning process is a successful one. This observation has important implications for public policymakers involved in resource planning and for theorists and researchers working in this area as well.
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TL;DR: The authors argue that current manifestations of populism are offering specific responses to two dilemmas that do not have a clear democratic solution: the boundary problem (how to define the people?) and the limits of self-government.
Abstract: From Hugo Chavez in Venezuela to Geert Wilders in the Netherlands and Sarah Palin in the US, populist leaders claim to offer more power to ‘the people’. However, most scholars argue that populism is in fact a democratic pathology, because it seeks to build a political system devoid of the rule of law. While it is true that populism maintains an ambivalent relationship with liberal democracy, little attention has been paid to the legitimacy of the questions raised by populist forces. Drawing on the work of Robert Dahl, I argue that current manifestations of populism are offering specific responses to two dilemmas that do not have a clear democratic solution: the boundary problem (how to define the people?) and the limits of self-government (how to control the controllers?). My article shows that populist forces are posing legitimate questions about the current state of democracy in Europe and the Americas, although their solutions tend to be more controversial than helpful.
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