This essay re-examines the dual – republican and liberal – foundations of democratic legitimacy in the Western … polity and to the normative potential of legitimacy intermediation in its two-step compliance and legitimating relationships …

nation-state. Relating the alternatives to democratic legitimation to Weber's concept of legal legitimacy throws a new light …Power, rule, and legitimacy have always been core concerns of political science. In the 1970s, when governability … appeared to be problematic, legitimacy was discussed both in the context of policy research and by critics of the capitalist …

Civil society participation has become a buzzword in the debate about the legitimacy and accountability of … can only rely on public shaming, that is, threatening to undermine the organization's legitimacy as it violates widely …