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   Articles with "legitimation" as a keyword



Legitimation as linchpin: On Raewyn Connell’s changing conceptualization of ‘hegemonic masculinity’

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "International Review of Sociology"

DOI: 10.1080/03906701.2024.2388616

Abstract: ABSTRACT The concept of hegemonic masculinity maintains a distinctive status within the social sciences and humanities. Yet there never has been an examination of Connell’s changing conceptualization of the term throughout her scholarship, and specifically… read more here.

Keywords: changing conceptualization; connell changing; legitimation; hegemonic masculinity ... See more keywords

Complementary or Conflictual? Legitimation Struggles in the African Union – United Nations Peacekeeping Partnership

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "International Peacekeeping"

DOI: 10.1080/13533312.2025.2477135

Abstract: ABSTRACT The partnership between the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) is arguably the most institutionalized case of strategic cooperation for contemporary international peacekeeping. While built upon the pursuit of complementarity, the AU-UN… read more here.

Keywords: african union; legitimation; legitimation struggles; united nations ... See more keywords

What autocracies say (and what citizens hear): proposing four mechanisms of autocratic legitimation

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Contemporary Politics"

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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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Contemporary Politics"

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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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Civil Wars"

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
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Agents, audiences and peers: why international organizations diversify their legitimation discourse

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recommendations! Published in 2023 at "International Affairs"

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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recommendations! Published in 2023 at "International Affairs"

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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recommendations! Published in 2023 at "International Affairs"

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
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Two-sided legitimation strategies: informal groups at the World Trade Organization

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recommendations! Published in 2023 at "International Affairs"

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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recommendations! Published in 2023 at "International Studies Perspectives"

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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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "International Studies Quarterly"

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