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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: The authors argue that the real difference between Rawls and Habermas revolves around their different conceptions of political legitimacy, and demonstrate how both conceive of the co-originality of private and public autonomy.
Abstract: The Rawls–Habermas debate is having a revival. In this article I argue that both philosophers develop different freestanding conceptions of political legitimacy, and show how they diverge when it comes to how political legitimacy can be justified. Habermas is looking for a deeper justification than Rawls will allow for. I then proceed to show how the different meta-ethical positions yield two different versions of democratic theory, focusing in particular on rights and popular sovereignty. I demonstrate how both conceive of the co-originality of private and public autonomy, and subsequently take issue with Habermas’ reading of Rawls. I argue that Rawls should not be understood as a natural rights theorist, that Habermas misunderstands the role of the original position, and that Rawls cannot be considered a strong constitutionalist. Thus, the real difference between Rawls and Habermas revolves around their different conceptions of political legitimacy.
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TL;DR: One of the most influential interpretations of Max Weber's sociology has been that provided by Talcott Parsons, especially in The Structure of Social Action as mentioned in this paper, which is erroneous both in many of its particulars add in the general cast that it gives to Weber's theoretical product.
Abstract: One of the most influential interpretations of Max Weber's sociology has been that provided by Talcott Parsons, especially in The Structure of Social Action. We contend that the Parsonian interpretation is erroneous both in many of its particulars add in the general cast that it gives to Weber's theoretical product. The crux of Parsons' misrepresentation is his overweening emphasis on the category of the normative. A confusion of "factual regularities" with "normative validity" - despite Weber's numerous warnings against such - led Parsons to an exaggeration of the importance Weber assigned to normative orientations of social action, legitimacy add collectivity integration, and, correspondingly, to a severe understatement of the importance of nonnormative aspects of social action and structures of dominance. In consequence, Parsons expanded what was but a part of Weber's sociology and made it very nearly the whole.
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TL;DR: This paper analyzed all interstate wars from 1816 to 1982 with a multivariate probit model and found that democratic initiators are significantly more likely to win wars; democratic targets are also more likely not to win, though the relationship is not as strong.
Abstract: How do nation-states' political institutions affect the relations between states? This article addresses that question by testing the predictions of different theories linking political institutions to war outcomes. Specifically, rent-seeking and regime legitimacy theories predict that all democratic belligerents are more likely to win wars because they fight more effectively. Alternatively, other theories focusing on the domestic political vulnerability of leaders and the marketplace of ideas predict that democracies are likely to be more careful about choosing when to start war. This would mean that only democratic initiators are more likely to win. Analyzing all interstate wars from 1816 to 1982 with a multivariate probit model, we find that democratic initiators are significantly more likely to win wars; democratic targets are also more likely to win, though the relationship is not as strong. We also find empirical support for several control variables, including strategy, terrain, and capability.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a case study of Ontario's feed-in tariff policies between 1997 and 2012 to analyze how the political process affects renewable energy policy design and implementation.
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TL;DR: Using surveys conducted in 20 European democracies, this paper examined the effect of income inequality on people's attitudes about the functioning of the political system and trust in public institutions and found that citizens in countries with higher levels of income inequalities expressed more negative attitudes toward public institutions.
Abstract: Recent years have seen increased attention to integrating what we know about individual citizens with what we know about macro-level contexts that vary across countries This article discusses the growing literature on how people's interpretations, opinions, and actions are shaped by variable contextual parameters and provides a novel substantive application Using surveys conducted in 20 European democracies, the authors examine the effect of income inequality on people's attitudes about the functioning of the political system and trust in public institutions They find that citizens in countries with higher levels of income inequality express more negative attitudes toward public institutions Moreover, they show that the negative effect of inequality on attitudes toward the political system is particularly powerful among individuals on the political left In contrast, inequality's negative effect on people's faith in the system is muted among those on the right
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