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Reciprocity and the State: A Liberal Theory of Legitimacy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Under which circumstances is the state morally allowed to enact and uphold laws by the use of force against its citizens? This is the problem of legitimacy. In this thesis I develop and defend a theory of legitimacy based on reciprocity.
Ekstrand, David
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Trust in justice and the legitimacy of legal authorities: topline findings from a European comparative study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Issues of public trust in justice and institutional legitimacy are becoming increasingly salient in debate about criminal justice across Europe. Legitimate authority can be defined as having three interlinked elements: (a) legality (acting according to
Bradford, B., Jackson, J., Hough, Mike
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Effectiveness of value congruent disclosures and firm credibility in mitigating legitimacy threats [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
This paper examines whether value congruent framing in firm disclosures, and firm credibility, help to repair or restore legitimacy following a legitimacy-threatening event. The methodology consists of two experiments.
Bondy, Krista   +2 more
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Legitimacy of Control [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2007
What is the motivational effect of imposing a minimum effort requirement? Agents may no longer exert voluntary effort but merely meet the requirement. Here, we examine how such hidden costs of control change when control is considered legitimate. We study a principal-agent model where control signals the expectations of the principal and the agent ...
Schnedler, Wendelin, Vadovic, Radovan
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Role of legitimacy in the relationships between water users and governance bodies under conditions of increasing water stress [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Water stress is an issue of increasing concern in developed countries. In particular localised water stress 'hot spots', are a new challenge. This emergence creates a series of difficulties.
Gearey, Mary
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Courts as organizations: Governance and legitimacy

open access: yesBAR: Brazilian Administration Review, 2021
The interdependence between governance and legitimacy of the courts is a subject that has not been much studied by scholars, especially those from the fields of public administration and organizational studies. Taking into account the importance of these
Tomas Aquino Guimaraes   +2 more
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Innovating Empirical Research on Legitimacy: Repertory Grid Analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science, 2022
This article uses a study on the impact of political (EU-specific) knowledge on perceptions of the legitimacy of the European Union to demonstrate the potential of the repertory grid method in the social sciences.
Norma Osterberg-Kaufmann
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On legitimacy [PDF]

open access: yesCHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2013
User experience research has recently been characterized in two camps, model-based and design-based, with contrasting approaches to measurement and evaluation. This paper argues that the two positions can be constructed in terms of Deleuze & Guattari’s “royal science” and “minor science”.
Aysar Ghassan, Mark Blythe
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Toward thick legitimacy: Creating a web of legitimacy for agroecology

open access: yesElementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2016
Legitimacy is at the heart of knowledge politics surrounding agriculture and food. When people accept industrial food practices as credible and authoritative, they are consenting to their use and existence.
Maywa Montenegro de Wit, Alastair Iles
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COVID-19 Soft Law: Voluminous, Effective, Legitimate? A Research Agenda

open access: yesEuropean Papers, 2020
(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2020 5(1), 663-670 | European Forum Insight of 3 June 2020 | (Table of Contents) I. Advantages of soft law for crisis regulation. - II. Rule of law credentials. - III. Legal effects
Oana Stefan
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