Legitimacy
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But it is economics, not culture, that strikes at the heart of
legitimacy.
Current public spending is so skewed toward the ruling elites that the CCP would risk losing its
legitimacy
should the budget become subject to public scrutiny.
Taken together, these omissions and unexplained events raise serious questions about the integrity and
legitimacy
of the Ukrainian-led investigation.
The best case would be if China agreed to universal suffrage no later than the 2011 and 2012 elections, gaining
legitimacy
in Hong Kong by backing reform of the political system.
Recovering the Golan Heights and protecting Syria’s vital interests in Lebanon are not only major strategic concerns for Syria’s president; they are also crucial to the regime’s drive for national legitimacy, and to Bashar’s assertion of his own leadership.
The Bundesbank has submitted a brief that criticizes the
legitimacy
of some of the ECB’s recent actions.
To be sure, trade unions have lost members and political clout owing partly to a decline in their moral authority and hence
legitimacy
as institutions capable of defending the interests of ordinary working people.
Whichever side one takes, the consequences are disturbing: Indian society, the core of Indian nationhood, is now questioning the very
legitimacy
of the Indian state.
The participation of many governments not only distributes the costs of going to war, but also lends
legitimacy
to the enterprise.
In “Terrorism and Democratic Legitimacy: Conflicting Interpretations of the Spanish Elections,” a 2005 study published in Mediterranean Politics, political scientist Ingrid Van Biezen, now of the University of Leiden, investigated the impact of the 2004 Madrid railway-station attacks.
For Israelis, this would mean permanent occupation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank, and thus reckoning with an Arab majority, which would erode the foundations of their state – democracy and the rule of law – and thus its
legitimacy.
Such an arrangement can establish the strong popular
legitimacy
that the Palestinians will need at the negotiating table in order to make any real compromise.
Their message was simple: national governments must make their economies fit for the strictures of monetary union; the euro must be supported by deeper economic integration; and a common currency needs political
legitimacy
– that is, a polity.
The Shia, considered apostates by the Kingdom’s Wahhabi establishment, are viewed as a threat to the Saudi state’s
legitimacy
and existence, not only because of Iran’s power, but also because of the Kingdom’s large, indigenous Shia population, which is concentrated around the country’s oil fields.
French voters have shown that the EU is not condemned to be destroyed by attacks on its legitimacy, and that populism need not triumph.
What Ukraine needs is a sharp reduction in corruption, as well as real
legitimacy
(through the ballot box) for people who want to rein in the influence of oligarchs – a group that has sapped the economy through plunder and incompetence over the past two decades.
First, China’s leaders note that the ESDP gives priority to the
legitimacy
of its missions.
However, when compared with the US, the ESDP (in Chinese eyes) cares far more about international legitimacy, backed by the authority of the UN.
That may imply stripping out unnecessary tasks for which the EU either lacks
legitimacy
or is not well equipped.
Exposing foreigners’ ethical failings and ruthless business practices sends the message that China must remain vigilant, while reinforcing the
legitimacy
of a powerful, interventionist state, including state-owned enterprises, which have come under increasing fire in recent years.
Indeed, Putin has taken advantage of his legitimacy, popularity, and working majority in the State Duma (federal parliament) to force through radical tax reform and a continued tight fiscal policy in the 2001 budget.
Perhaps most important, marriage bestows on the young Kim social and, in turn, political
legitimacy.
So, more challenging than any technical problem with Chile’s pension system is its
legitimacy
deficit.
So should every country adopt a recall procedure to maintain the
legitimacy
of governments?
The regime has lost all legitimacy, and its effectiveness is weakening.
Rather, governments should stop basing their
legitimacy
on inflated growth prospects.
Cult-animated uprisings against unjust authority, with which Falun Gong is now identified, have always been viewed by Chinese as portents that political
legitimacy
-- sanctioned by the so-called “mandate of heaven” (tianming)that is said to exist when “heaven” confers its favor on a ruling dynasty -- has been withdrawn.
For a government such as that now ruling China, one which does not derive
legitimacy
from the will of the people, the deeply rooted cultural presumption of ordinary people that the cosmic forces of heaven no longer shine on it, could deal a devastating psychological blow.
But the
legitimacy
of any international military action that goes beyond immediate self-defense requires broad international approval - and action without
legitimacy
is bound to fail.
Only the explicit, up-front approval of a reformed UN Security Council can provide the
legitimacy
and international support that military action - with the exception of clear self-defense - requires.
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