Purpose Despite a common conceptual root, research applying legitimacy theory addresses any number of more or less distinct behaviours, attitudes, and processes. Although this variety in approaches has complicated theoretical development, we argue that it is critical to addressing the breadth construct. To address state affairs, offer Concentric Diagram Legitimacy as an organizing tool for lite...

2 This work was supported in part by the New Jersey Information-Technology Opportunities for the Workforce, Education and Research (NJ I-TOWER) Project, funded by the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education (contract #01-801020-02) Abstract. Legitimacy is a key part of the social requirements specification for a trusted virtual community environment (VCE). If an environment is not seen as leg...

The crisis of the Eurozone has severely tested the political authority of the European Union (EU). Questions of normative legitimacy are raised by the crisis, both because the EU in general is a normative order and because the construction of economic and monetary union rested upon an explicit normative theory that stressed the importance of the depoliticisation of money. However, this theory n...

This article analyses the nature of legitimacy deficits post-2003 Iraqi state and grounds upon which alternative political orders have been proposed. The theoretical framework groups possible changes into three types: redistribution, regime change secession. Empirically, illustrates these dynamics through two contemporary challenges to state: Islamic State Iraq al-Sham (ISIS), Tishreen protest ...

The political legitimacy and policymaking influence of the medical profession have greatly declined in American society over the past 30 years. Despite speculation about the causes, there has been little empirical research assessing the different explanations. To address this gap, data collected in 1995 are used to compare attitudes of the American public and policy elites toward medical author...