Participation and legitimacy in Chinese environmental politics: a realist approach

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doi:10.1080/17449626.2021.1942141

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“…A second practical function of ruler-interested theories might be to predict the courses of action that rulers are likely to take in the future (Cross 2021c; Rossi 2017; Williams 2005: chapter 12). Showing that rulers need to do X in order to retain their legitimacy gives us some reason to think that it is likely that they will, in fact, do X.…”

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Taking rulers' interests seriously: The case for realist theories of legitimacy

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2022

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In this article I defend a new argument against moralist theories of legitimacy and in favour of realist theories. Moralist theories, I argue, are vulnerable to ideological and wishful thinking because they do not connect the demands of legitimacy with the interests of rulers. Realist theories, however, generally do manage to make this connection. This is because satisfying the usual realist criteria for legitimacy – the creation of a stable political order that transcends brute coercion – is usually necessary for rulers to preserve their rule.

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