... political legitimacy, challenge the authorities’ moral monopoly on force. The point of counterrevolutionary terror was not only to punish activists in the movement but to keep the majority of people from joining them. It makes sense to look on violence as a tragic last resort, to ask of any violent act...

... that there are no necessary trade-offs between the values of dignity, equality, security, family well-being, social integration, and political legitimacy protected by the welfare state, on the one hand, and good economic performance on the other. 1. The Clinton plan and its close cousins comprise a heroic...

...This chapter explores how Christianization became an indispensable tool for Afro-Amerindian rebels seeking political legitimacy and continued autonomy on the frontiers of the Spanish empire and within an African diasporic world. Focusing on the period 1577–1617, it considers how clerical...

...The aim of this chapter is to provide an epistemological argument for why public reasons matter for political legitimacy. A key feature of the public reason conception of legitimacy is that political decisions must be justified to the citizens. They must be justified in terms of reasons...

... state and international institutions. The article first looks at the link between food, capitalism, and colonialism before turning to food shortages, famines, and political legitimacy. It also discusses food policies and nation-states from 1930 to the 1970s, along with corporate globalization and food...

... Gustav Nyström Per Svallfors Stefan Lindbom Anders Barr Nicholas Lindert Peter neoliberal ism North Douglass Wallis John Weingast Barry redistributive effect of the universal welfare state welfare state social policy political legitimacy social norms social rights In a comparative...

...Historical analyses of the relations between political theory and time often hinge on two claims. The first is that political theorists have until recently put less emphasis on the future than the past when debating political legitimacy and obligation. The second is that the history of political...

... Habermas Jürgen ‘legitimation by constitution’ political liberalism Rawls John constitution Liberal Principle of Legitimacy Dworkin Ronald Bruce Ackerman constitution dualist democracy John Rawls Jürgen Habermas political legitimacy political liberalism Ronald Dworkin The Ferrara–Michelman...

... for a ‘society of peoples’. political liberalism Rawls John ‘legitimation by constitution’ oppression dualist democracy ‘justification by constitution’ multivariate polity Ferrara ‘law of peoples’ Rawls human rights constitutional essentials multivariate polity political legitimacy political...

... States constitutional essentials dual concept of humanity humanity’s flourishing John Rawls multivariate polity perfectionism political legitimacy political liberalism hyperpluralism society of peoples In Chapter 9 , Frank Michelman has ingeniously addressed the difficulties incurred...

... justification deliberation uncertainty disagreement political legitimacy political epistemology Political deliberation and decision-making typically take place in circumstances of substantial uncertainty about what the right political decision is. Here are some examples. Which political candidate...

... Bronterre Tillier Claude crisis of democracy democracy unanimity numerical unanimity substantive unanimity electoral legitimation modern individualistic states political legitimacy Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s contention that “the voice of the greater number always obliges the rest...

.... National economic reconstruction was the Wang-Song group's claim to political legitimacy. Nationalism played an important role in cementing the unity of state and society in the corporativist organization of the state. Today's China is not experiencing the urgency of the 1930s national crisis...

... culture landscape capitalism building architectural remains Thailand royal barge procession historic cultural events Cold War materiality political legitimacy Thai nation building Cyclical time was the really lived time of unchanging illusions. Spectacular time is the illusorily lived time...

..., and evaluates the reactions of urban Muslims to their teachings. The chapter also highlights the emergence of a consolidated Muslim counterelite who publicly challenged the political legitimacy of the datu establishment. Bangsamoro Rebellion as armed struggle Campo Muslim Bangsamoro Rebellion viewed from...

...This chapter shows why the Rawls of Political Liberalism thinks that an overlapping consensus would obtain in, and stabilize, a well-ordered society. It explains how adherence to the ideals of political legitimacy and public reason contribute to stability. It draws out...

...This chapter sets out the fundamental concepts underlying the study: gender, the social construction of gender (masculinity and femininity), and the use of gender norms, homophobia, and “topping,” in the process of building political legitimacy. It describes the global context in which gender norms...

... government's objectives in terms of privatizing state-owned enterprises and the underlying theories of development that support such strategies are explored. The need for speed, transparency, accountability, public access to privatization schemes, and political legitimacy are all factors that are carefully...

...Chapter 3 explores the rhetoric of witnessing that contemporary Western officials regularly employ as an instrument of national and international statecraft. The idea that civic leaders may improve political affairs and enhance their political legitimacy by encouraging the public to bear witness...