Legitimacy
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Americans understand that Europe, as the other major repository of democratic legitimacy, wealth, and military power, has great potential as a partner.
The proposed constitution will contain a Charter of Fundamental Rights, which is intended to enhance the political and moral
legitimacy
of the EU.
The
legitimacy
of corporatism is eroding along with the fiscal health of governments that have relied on it.
The best way to regain international
legitimacy
after World War II was to atone publicly for the atrocities committed by the Nazis, and reconcile with the world’s Jewish population.
Post-war Germany could regain international
legitimacy
only through reconciliation with the Jewish people.
Today, it is Israel’s
legitimacy
that is being challenged in international institutions and Western public opinion for its mistreatment of the Palestinians.
That may be the case, and it may be a tempting argument to make in authoritarian societies that are unsympathetic to beliefs that challenge their own
legitimacy.
These negotiations, in which the US is seeking the creation of ceasefire zones to facilitate its forces’ withdrawal, can only undercut the
legitimacy
of the Karzai government and bring the Quetta Shura back to center stage.
Without legitimacy, no government can rule with any sense of confidence.
Legitimacy
is not based on the give and take, the necessary compromises, and the wheeling and dealing that form the basis of an economic concept of politics such as that which underpins liberal democracy.
They cast doubt on the official orthodoxy, and thus on the
legitimacy
of the state.
And yet, in fighting for their lives against the Islamic State, the Kurds have won new legitimacy; once the fighting has ended, they will not simply forget their national ambitions – or the mortal threat they faced.
As he put it, when the international community confronts a clear case for the use of force to protect a population from its own government, but the Security Council is divided, “the relationship between legality and
legitimacy
will continue to be awkward.”
Tea Partiers and Occupy Wall Streeters alike now scorn the Fed – whose
legitimacy
is based on abstract theories that assume away winners and losers, rather than on democratic accountability – for serving the interests of major banks.
And the European Central Bank, for example, faces unique challenges of governance and
legitimacy.
But only by reversing the verdict can a new leadership in China begin to re-establish the public moral
legitimacy
that was murdered ten years ago.
While globalization occasionally raises difficult questions about the
legitimacy
of its redistributive effects, we should not respond automatically by restricting trade.
While the outcome of the election was never in doubt, the event destroyed any pretense of
legitimacy
by Maduro.
Thailand’s Democratic DisorderBANGKOK – From Thailand to Turkey to Ukraine, the relationship between ruling majorities and electoral minorities has become combustible – and is threatening to erode the
legitimacy
of democracy itself.
Its
legitimacy
and influence depend not on winning electoral majorities, but on its strong alliances with the military, bureaucracy, and judiciary in defense of a traditional hierarchy that places the king at its apex.
In order to create a peaceful, stable, and effective democratic system, electoral minorities must accept the ballot box as the arbiter of political
legitimacy.
This brings us to the other key factor underpinning support for populism: the declining
legitimacy
of political elites.
Although the circumstances are different, the fundamental issues are always the same, for they touch on questions of
legitimacy
and morality.
In the midst of this crisis of legitimacy, Chinese leaders seek to fan the flames of nationalism - and its even more dangerous sibling, anti-foreignism - as a substitute for political consensus.
To recite this history is not to approve it, but rather to try to understand how Russians might understand the
legitimacy
of Putin’s actions.
Communist ideology is long gone, so the
legitimacy
of the ruling party depends on economic growth and ethnic Han nationalism.
Eventually, faith in democracy and the market economy will erode, and the
legitimacy
of existing institutions and arrangements will be called into question.
Of course, protests were raised, notably from the right, regarding the primary’s constitutionality, the
legitimacy
of using public facilities for a “private” election, and the legality of using electoral lists that sometimes include confidential information.
This is particularly true in the case of presidential elections, which have been regarded since 1962 as the key to the
legitimacy
of all French political institutions.
With the traditional institutions of rule thoroughly discredited by the war, the vacuum of
legitimacy
would be filled by powerful demagogues and populist dictatorships: “The best lack all conviction, while the worst/are full of passionate intensity.”
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