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Legitimacy and Legitimation of Political Authorities
Credibility and Trust in Political Institutions
9781035319558 Edward Elgar Publishing
Bridging the gap between traditional and contemporary research, Andrea Lippi’s Legitimacy and Legitimation of Political Authorities presents a comprehensive and systematic analysis of both legitimacy and legitimation as two theoretical concepts, focusing on their respective roles in political systems today.
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Bridging the gap between traditional and contemporary research, Andrea Lippi’s Legitimacy and Legitimation of Political Authorities presents a comprehensive and systematic analysis of both legitimacy and legitimation as two theoretical concepts, focusing on their respective roles in political systems today.
Through its use of empirical evidence and in-depth consideration of the pressing issues on today’s political agenda, this book adeptly navigates the political authority crisis, highlighting how the recognition and validity attributed to institutions is significantly in decline. Chapters explore this loss of credibility and trust, and how institutions are seeking to nurture their accreditation through new sources. Lippi incisively illustrates the relationship between statics and dynamics, as well as that between legitimacy and legitimation, and proposes a typology of the latter to be used in empirical research.
Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this timely book will be a vital read for researchers, academics and students in public policy, international politics, public administration and management, and regulation and governance. Policymakers will similarly benefit from the applied nature of the text.
Through its use of empirical evidence and in-depth consideration of the pressing issues on today’s political agenda, this book adeptly navigates the political authority crisis, highlighting how the recognition and validity attributed to institutions is significantly in decline. Chapters explore this loss of credibility and trust, and how institutions are seeking to nurture their accreditation through new sources. Lippi incisively illustrates the relationship between statics and dynamics, as well as that between legitimacy and legitimation, and proposes a typology of the latter to be used in empirical research.
Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this timely book will be a vital read for researchers, academics and students in public policy, international politics, public administration and management, and regulation and governance. Policymakers will similarly benefit from the applied nature of the text.
Critical Acclaim
‘Following Machiavelli (in critical times, go to the essential issues), Andrea Lippi revisits originally one of the key traditional concepts of politics (legitimacy) and the related process (legitimation). His theoretical analysis brings innovatively to the fore the multifaceted phenomenon and provides guidelines for empirical analysis.’
– Leonardo Morlino, LUISS, Rome, Italy
– Leonardo Morlino, LUISS, Rome, Italy
Contents
Contents:
Introduction: Legitimacy and legitimation of political
authorities: why and how?
1 From the crisis of legitimacy to the pursuit of legitimation
2 Political authority
3 . Legitimacy
4 . Legitimation
5 Four dynamics of legitimation: a typology
6 The politics of legitimation
References
Introduction: Legitimacy and legitimation of political
authorities: why and how?
1 From the crisis of legitimacy to the pursuit of legitimation
2 Political authority
3 . Legitimacy
4 . Legitimation
5 Four dynamics of legitimation: a typology
6 The politics of legitimation
References
