Political Legitimacy : : NOMOS LXI /

Political Legitimacy : : NOMOS LXI / / ed. by Melissa Schwartzberg, Jack Knight.

Essays on the political, legal, and philosophical dimensions of political legitimacy.Scholars, journalists, and politicians today worry that the world’s democracies are facing a crisis of legitimacy. Although there are key challenges facing democracy—including concerns about electoral interference,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
MitwirkendeR:
Gordon, Sanford C.,
Greene, Amanda R.,
Huber, Gregory A.,
Knight, Jack,
Lenowitz, Jeffrey A.,
Levi, Margaret,
Peter, Fabienne,
Quong, Jonathan,
Rubenstein, Jennifer C.,
Schwartzberg, Melissa,
Schwartzman, Micah,
Stilz, Anna,
Tyler, Tom R.,
Viehoff, Daniel,
Yankah, Ekow N.,
HerausgeberIn:
Knight, Jack,
Schwartzberg, Melissa,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy ; 8
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 13 black and white illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I. FOUNDATIONS OF LEGITIMACY: AUTONOMY, ASSENT, AND OBLIGATION
  • 1. LEGITIMACY AND SELF- DETERMINATION
  • 2. IN DEFENSE OF FUNCTIONALISM
  • 3. IS POLITICAL LEGITIMACY WORTH PROMOTING?
  • 4. THE SOVEREIGN AND THE REPUBLIC: A REPUBLICAN VIEW OF POLITICAL OBLIGATION
  • PART II. THE JUSTIFICATION OF INSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
  • 5. POLITICAL LEGITIMACY UNDER EPISTEMIC CONSTRAINTS: WHY PUBLIC REASONS MATTER
  • 6. LEGITIMACY AS A RIGHT TO ERR
  • 7. OFFICIAL INTENTIONS AND POLITICAL LEGITIMACY: THE CASE OF THE TRAVEL BAN
  • 8. THE POLITICAL LEGITIMACY OF INTERNATIONAL NGOs
  • PART III. BELIEFS ABOUT LEGITIMACY AND COMPLIANCE
  • 9. EVALUATING CONSENSUAL MODELS OF GOVERNANCE: LEGITIMACY- BASED LAW
  • 10. ON THE EMPIRICAL MEASUREMENT OF LEGITIMACY
  • 11. THE EMPIRICAL STUDY OF LEGITIMATE AUTHORITY: NORMATIVE GUIDANCE FOR POSITIVE ANALYSIS
  • 12. TRUSTWORTHY GOVERNMENT AND LEGITIMATING BELIEFS
  • INDEX

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