
Legitimacy and Legitimation of Political Authorities
Credibility and Trust in Political Institutions
Andrea A. Lippi(Author)
Edward Elgar Publishing
Published on 19. January 2024
Book
Hardback
142 pages
978-1-0353-1955-8 (ISBN)
Description
Bridging the gap between traditional and contemporary research, Andrea Lippi's Legitimacy and Legitimation of Political Authorities presents a comprehensive and systematic analysis of both legitimacy and legitimation as two theoretical concepts, focusing on their respective roles in political systems today.
Through its use of empirical evidence and in-depth consideration of the pressing issues on today's political agenda, this book adeptly navigates the political authority crisis, highlighting how the recognition and validity attributed to institutions is significantly in decline. Chapters explore this loss of credibility and trust, and how institutions are seeking to nurture their accreditation through new sources. Lippi incisively illustrates the relationship between statics and dynamics, as well as that between legitimacy and legitimation, and proposes a typology of the latter to be used in empirical research.
Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this timely book will be a vital read for researchers, academics and students in public policy, international politics, public administration and management, and regulation and governance. Policymakers will similarly benefit from the applied nature of the text.
Through its use of empirical evidence and in-depth consideration of the pressing issues on today's political agenda, this book adeptly navigates the political authority crisis, highlighting how the recognition and validity attributed to institutions is significantly in decline. Chapters explore this loss of credibility and trust, and how institutions are seeking to nurture their accreditation through new sources. Lippi incisively illustrates the relationship between statics and dynamics, as well as that between legitimacy and legitimation, and proposes a typology of the latter to be used in empirical research.
Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this timely book will be a vital read for researchers, academics and students in public policy, international politics, public administration and management, and regulation and governance. Policymakers will similarly benefit from the applied nature of the text.
Reviews / Votes
'Following Machiavelli (in critical times, go to the essential issues), Andrea Lippi revisits originally one of the key traditional concepts of politics (legitimacy) and the related process (legitimation). His theoretical analysis brings innovatively to the fore the multifaceted phenomenon and provides guidelines for empirical analysis.' -- Leonardo Morlino, LUISS, Rome, ItalyMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0353-1955-8 (9781035319558)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Andrea Lippi, Professor of Pollitical Science, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Florence, Italy and Head of the Public Policy and Governance Training Department, Scuola Nazionale dell'Amministrazione - SNA (Italian National School of Government)
Content
Contents:
Introduction: Legitimacy and legitimation of political
authorities: why and how?
1 From the crisis of legitimacy to the pursuit of legitimation
2 Political authority
3 . Legitimacy
4 . Legitimation
5 Four dynamics of legitimation: a typology
6 The politics of legitimation
References
Introduction: Legitimacy and legitimation of political
authorities: why and how?
1 From the crisis of legitimacy to the pursuit of legitimation
2 Political authority
3 . Legitimacy
4 . Legitimation
5 Four dynamics of legitimation: a typology
6 The politics of legitimation
References