organization theorists, whether functionalist or critical. The paper addresses this elision and draws on the work of Goffman …

introduced in order to enhance regime legitimacy but suggests that they may spur democratization by the rise of accountability as … a conditioning factor of this legitimacy and by electoral 'habituation' as a transition to full democratic commitment …

Legitimacy is regarded as one critical aspect of biodiversity management and nature conservation arrangements. Multi …-level governance is claimed to pose several challenges to legitimacy. The aim of this paper is to review some legitimacy challenges in … these challenges. Four legitimacy criteria - legal compatibility, accountability, representation and inclusion, and …

political influence is brought to bear in the first place. Furthermore, aspects of political science in this field (legitimacy …

legitimacy. We propose a modification of Bernard Williams' theory of liberal legitimacy, and use it to make sense of the widely … a 'legitimation story': an account of what plausibly sustains belief in legitimacy. This is, however, not a purely …

-standing fears about an absence of democratic legitimacy. In particular, the paper reflects on the democratic credentials of the EU …

majority rule at the European level. In order to ensure democratic legitimacy, however, majoritarian legislation would have to …

Official A at almost all individual detection levels. This 'legitimacy' effect may help explain why anti-corruption policies …

This research has been carried out in order to analyze the development of actions to modify organizational legitimacy …. We examine the relationship between the degree of organizational goals implementation and pragmatic legitimacy. Study has … implementation and their pragmatic legitimacy. …