What autocracies say (and what citizens hear): proposing four mechanisms of autocratic legitimation
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DOI: 10.1080/13569775.2017.1304320
Abstract: ABSTRACT Autocratic governments make claims about why they are entitled to rule. Some autocracies are more talkative than others, but all regimes say something about why they deserve power. This article takes seriously these efforts… read more here.
Keywords: article; legitimation; autocracies say; mechanisms autocratic ... See more keywords
The relevance of legitimation – a new framework for analysis
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DOI: 10.1080/13569775.2017.1304322
Abstract: ABSTRACTThe legitimacy of political orders is an important reference point in political analysis, but the concept is difficult to operationalize and measure – particularly in those countries where legitimacy is critical, i.e. cases of political… read more here.
Keywords: legitimation; relevance legitimation; legitimation new; analysis ... See more keywords
Rebel Governance and Legitimacy: Understanding the Impact of Rebel Legitimation on Civilian Compliance with the LTTE Rule
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DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2017.1393265
Abstract: Abstract Based on extensive fieldwork in Sri Lanka, we analyze how the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) acquired legitimacy and how legitimation impacts civilian perceptions of the rebels. Despite the LTTE’s reliance on coercion… read more here.
Keywords: legitimation; rebel governance; compliance; governance legitimacy ... See more keywords
Agents, audiences and peers: why international organizations diversify their legitimation discourse
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DOI: 10.1093/ia/iiac323
Abstract: In the face of public contestation, international organizations (IOs) invoke norms in their public communication to enhance relevant audiences' legitimacy beliefs. This article offers the first comprehensive analysis of what we term normative diversity in… read more here.
Keywords: legitimation; international organizations; agents audiences; discursive legitimation ... See more keywords
The politics of legitimation in combined sanction regimes: the case of Venezuela
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DOI: 10.1093/ia/iiad052
Abstract: Regional international organizations (RIOs) and states are increasingly sanctioning governments, firms and individuals they consider to have violated international norms. How do different RIOs legitimize the decision to impose (or not impose) sanctions? And how… read more here.
Keywords: combined sanction; legitimation; legitimation strategies; sanction regimes ... See more keywords
Diversification's legitimation challenges: ASEAN and its Myanmar predicament
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DOI: 10.1093/ia/iiad061
Abstract: International organizations (IOs) confront complex legitimation challenges with the diversification of audiences and actors asserting judgment and input. Drawing on Lenz and Söderbaum's agents-audience-environment (AAE) conceptualization of legitimation strategies, this discussion advances understandings of how… read more here.
Keywords: internal diversification; legitimation; legitimation strategies; legitimation challenges ... See more keywords
Two-sided legitimation strategies: informal groups at the World Trade Organization
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DOI: 10.1093/ia/iiad113
Abstract: Who engages in legitimation strategies in global governance and why and how do they do it? This article studies the legitimation strategies and legitimacy-generating capacity of low-authority institutions, specifically informal groups within formal international organizations… read more here.
Keywords: legitimation; legitimation strategies; world trade; trade organization ... See more keywords
The Legitimation of International Organizations: Introducing a New Dataset
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DOI: 10.1093/isp/ekad008
Abstract: This article introduces a new dataset on how international organizations (IOs) justify their authority. For a long time, IOs were believed to derive legitimacy from member-state consent and technocratic problem-solving capacities. Over recent decades, the… read more here.
Keywords: legitimation; organizations introducing; new dataset; international organizations ... See more keywords
“Battling” for Legitimacy: Analyzing Performative Contests in the Gaza Flotilla Paradigmatic Case
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DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqz047
Abstract: How can we explain the dynamics of nonconventional struggles such as the Gaza flotilla case of May 2010? Most international relations scholars analyze international disputes using a “chess logic,” according to which the actors seek… read more here.
Keywords: legitimacy analyzing; legitimation; case; gaza flotilla ... See more keywords
Is suffering a sufficient legitimation for UTx?
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DOI: 10.1111/bioe.13135
Abstract: Uterus transplantation is a relatively new intervention. A woman with absolute uterine factor infertility receives, by a surgical procedure, a transplanted uterus, most often by living donation. The uterus recipient may thus become pregnant and… read more here.
Keywords: suffering addressed; legitimation; addressed utx; intervention ... See more keywords
The Populist Conjuncture: Legitimation Crisis in the Age of Globalized Capitalism
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DOI: 10.1177/0032321718810311
Abstract: This article argues that the theory of legitimation crisis developed by Offe and Habermas offers an instructive theoretical framework for explaining the current surge of populism across the West. The article argues that this populist… read more here.
Keywords: populist conjuncture; legitimation crisis; article argues; legitimation ... See more keywords