Legitimacy
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The international community, led by the “Quartet” (the United States, the European Union, the United Nations, and Russia), has put three conditions to the Hamas government if it wishes to achieve international
legitimacy
and continue to be supported financially.
One of the paradoxical results of America’s almost messianic belief in elections as a panacea for all the ills of the Middle East is that Hamas – the winner of democratic elections – has gained a degree of
legitimacy
that it never had before.
The Russian economy is far too dependent on oil and other natural resources, and the
legitimacy
of China’s one-party system could collapse quickly in an economic crisis.
Yet we nonetheless believed that the opposition, led by the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD), would have room to maneuver and campaign, owing to the government’s desire for international
legitimacy.
Perhaps the only failure more glaring than the member states’ refusal to back such reforms is their own failure to act, not least because it has created a
legitimacy
vacuum that xenophobic populists are now filling.
The conflict in Northern Ireland was always territorial: not even the most radical Irish Republican group ever denied the
legitimacy
of Great Britain – only its rule over the six northern provinces of what they consider United Ireland.
While adopting a new treaty may look like an unwieldy process, ill-suited to managing a fast-moving modern financial crisis, it is the only way to generate
legitimacy
for the institutions that are needed to address that crisis – in particular to provide reassurance that transfers will not be indefinite and unlimited.
But so does the
legitimacy
and adaptability of the established political system, the scope of welfare provision, electoral politics and political leadership, and the international context.
In the absence of a transnational government with the incentive, legitimacy, and capacity to resolve the conflict, Greece and the other eurozone countries have resorted to challenging each other’s sovereignty.
The key to the effectiveness of these bilateral relationships is that they enjoy widespread support (and thus legitimacy) in the region as stabilizing arrangements.
These wars are inflicting heavy punishment on precisely those peoples who have held fully free and fair elections in the region, while eroding the
legitimacy
of Israel’s democracy.
The Communist Party has based its
legitimacy
not only on a high rate of economic growth, but also on appeals to nationalism.
The idea of a “social contract” – which arose during the Enlightenment in orderto address, without resort to divine right, the
legitimacy
of the state’s authority over its citizens – rests on the premise that individuals surrender a certain degree of personal liberty in order to secure peace and prosperity for all.
The
legitimacy
of “post-national” Europe – based on the EU’s obligation, enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty, to promote “the well-being of its people” – is at stake.
Inertia in Saudi Arabia is deeply rooted in its two sources of legitimacy, oil and Islam.
For the Israelis, cooperation with NATO is a major component of
legitimacy
in its frequently troubled relations with the West; for NATO, cooperation serves its capacity to work in new theaters of operation andrespond to the changing profile of the threats it confronts.
The sharp reactions of the Orthodox Patriarchate to the actions of the Holy See reflect an ongoing crisis of leadership and
legitimacy
within the Russian Orthodox church, where a battle is clearly underway for the succession of Aleksey II.
Simply by expressing his openness to talks, Kim has already won some of the political
legitimacy
he craves.
The IMF itself, of course, is in a deep crisis, with many questioning its mission and
legitimacy.
But the nagging questions about the campaign's
legitimacy
lie less in the past, and more in the ongoing absence of virtually any semblance of the rule of law in Iraq.
This requires the immediate establishment of a judicial body, whose
legitimacy
would be based on the same multilateral process that was sought prior to the war.
One of the main purposes of pursuing transitional justice is to reestablish
legitimacy
and the rule of law in the present.
Federalism neglects the foundations of political
legitimacy
in the nation-state.
The EU needs both the
legitimacy
that comes from one vote per country, and the efficiency that comes from qualified majority voting.
Put simply, for much of the public, EU institutions lack
legitimacy.
But this moment of national navel-gazing among the member states may actually present an important opportunity for EU institutions to work on closing the
legitimacy
gap.
On the European level,
legitimacy
is essential and – let’s be realistic – won’t be achieved unless and until Europeans overcome certain antiquated ideas about sovereignty.
And central banks themselves are coming dangerously close to looking like fiscal agents, which could undermine their
legitimacy.
Given this, it is perhaps unsurprising that Israeli Arabs’ recognition of Israel’s
legitimacy
as a Jewish and democratic state fell from 53.6% in 2015 to 49.1% just two years later.
Their
legitimacy
depends on their ability to deliver economic growth through state-managed capitalism.
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