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Institutional Legitimacy [PDF]
Political legitimacy is best understood as one type of a broader notion, which I call institutional legitimacy. An institution is legitimate in my sense when it has the right to function.
Adams, N. P.
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Strategic deviance and auditor selection
Using data of Chinese A-share non-financial listed companies spanning years 2003–2018, we examine whether a firm’s business strategy that deviates from industry conventions influences corporate governance mechanisms, particularly the probability of ...
Xueyan Dong, Yijing Cui, Jingyu Gao
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NGO Legitimacy: Four Models [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to examine NGOs’ legitimacy in the context of global politics. In order to yield a better understanding of NGOs’ legitimacy at the international level it is important to examine how their legitimacy claims are evaluated.
Anheier H. +29 more
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Assessing the legitimacy of the EU
The Lisbon Treaty could not meet the demands of many as regards the issue of the EU's legitimacy and democratic governance. By analyzing the literature on the legitimacy of the EU, the article shows why the EU has to fulfill the legitimacy criteria of ...
Direnç Kanol
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SaveDisney.com and Activist Challenges: A Habermasian Perspective on Corporate Legitimacy [PDF]
This study develops a Habermasian framework for evaluating and generating challenges to organizational legitimacy. The launch of the SaveDisney.com web site represents an innovative example of an Internet-based activist public successfully challenging a ...
Feldner, Sarah Bonewits +1 more
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Legitimacy in conflict: concepts, practices, challenges [PDF]
The study of legitimacy in situations of conflict and peacebuilding has increased in recent years. However, current work on the topic adopts many assumptions, definitions, and understandings from classical legitimacy theory, which centers on the ...
Gippert, Birte +1 more
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Tying legitimacy to political power: Graded legitimacy standards for international institutions [PDF]
International institutions have become increasingly important not only in the relations between states, but also for individuals. When are these institutions legitimate? The legitimacy standards fo..
Scherz, Antoinette
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Conceptualizing throughput legitimacy: procedural mechanisms of accountability, transparency, inclusiveness and openness in EU governance [PDF]
This symposium demonstrates the potential for throughput legitimacy as a concept for shedding empirical light on the strengths and weaknesses of multi-level governance, as well as challenging the concept theoretically.
Ban C. +14 more
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Crowd-sourced legislation and politics: the legitimacy of constitutional deliberation in Romania [PDF]
Constitutional reform is a tedious process that requires long periods of time, a relatively broad consensus among political actors, and, often, popular approval.
Gherghina, Sergiu, Miscoiu, Sergiu
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Toward thick legitimacy: Creating a web of legitimacy for agroecology
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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