The State, Civil Society, and Revolutions: Building Political Legitimacy in Twentieth-Century Latin America

Nolan-Ferrell, Catherine

doi:10.1353/lar.2004.0055

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“…Perhaps such regional effects are because some regions are heirs to particular cultural values that lend themselves to legitimacy, as Huntington's (1996) thesis about western culture suggests, for example. Others may suffer from deep-rooted divisions between state and society such that legitimacy is always going to suffer -a claim variously made, in particular, by area specialists of the Middle East (Hudson, 1977), Latin America (Horowitz, 1969;Nolan-Ferrell, 2004), Africa (Englebert, 2000), eastern Europe (Ramet, 1999), China (Zhong, 1996), or wider Asia (Alagappa, 1995;Compton, 2000).…”

Section: Socioeconomic Determinantsmentioning

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The Determinants of State Legitimacy: Results for 72 Countries

Gilley

2006

International Political Science Review

172

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This article examines a range of potential causal variables of state legitimacy using a globally representative set of 72 countries accounting for 83 percent of the world's population. Major theories of legitimacy determinants are advanced and tested using survey and expert data. Three variables (which measure good governance, democratic rights, and welfare gains) are then chosen from among all strongly correlated variables as being the most plausible basis for a causal theory.The theory is then further tested using 31 pairs of countries with similar income levels and in similar regions, which shows a significant positive correlation between performance and legitimacy. The article concludes with suggestions for further research.

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Section: Socioeconomic Determinantsmentioning

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The Determinants of State Legitimacy: Results for 72 Countries

Gilley

2006

International Political Science Review

172

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“…The results highlight how being part of a discriminated group, citizenship, immigration perceptions, religion as well as the emotional state have a significant influence over global state legitimacy. Authors such as D. Horowitz (2000), Nolan-Ferrell (2004), Ramet (1999), Lane (1962), or Radcliff (2001) already demonstrated similar results in their investigations. Nevertheless the impact on all three dimensions (consent, justification and legality) was not proven in all the cases, but as it was supported in the literature (Blanco-González et al, 2017;Gilley, 2012;Power & Cyr, 2009) the three dimensions have different weights and state legitimacy can be achieved without having relevant scores in every dimension.…”

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“…Others can suffer from deep-rooted divisions between the state and society so that legitimacy will always suffer. This theory is confirmed by experts in the Middle East (Hudson, 1977), Latin America (I. L. Horowitz, 1969;Nolan-Ferrell, 2004), Africa (Englebert, 2000), Eastern Europe (Ramet, 1999), China (Zhong, 1996), or Asia (Alagappa, 1995;Compton, 2000). Thus, citizenship and the country of origin of individuals inhabiting a country can register various values.…”

Section: State Legitimacy Determinantsmentioning

confidence: 82%

Political Disaffection, Sociodemographic, and Psychographic Variables as State Legitimacy Determinants in the European Union

Del-Castillo-Feito

Cachón‐Rodríguez

Gil

2020

American Behavioral Scientist

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According to political science, modern societies can separate the state function and the politicians’ mission. However, the existing relationship between political disaffection and state legitimacy indicates the contrary. The interest held by the European Union inhabitants in their politicians has been decreasing, and the closeness to a specific political party or political leader has been weakening. Many European countries have a great degree of polarity in their political parties’ system, which augments the complexity of forming governments or even makes it impossible. Citizens have been affected by corruption, the economic situation, migratory crisis, or the European project weakness. They feel that politicians have forgotten their role as the people’s representatives and their responsibility to behave according to society’s general interest. Through its institutions, the state must ensure the country’s performance and maintain it despite the change in the political leaders. Moreover, its legitimacy will depend on the level of social support received by these institutions. This research aims to quantify if the current political disaffection influences the European Union states’ social support level or state legitimacy. It also expects to demonstrate which sociodemographic and psychographic variables influence on governments’ fragility and the dilution of state legitimacy, which is critical for countries’ stability. For this purpose, we used the available data from the European Social Survey for 2016, and we developed a statistical analysis through variation and regression analysis. The results highlight the strong effect that political disaffection, as well as variables such as religion, immigration perception, citizenship, or emotional state have on state legitimacy and reveal the need for changes in the political parties’ performance and behavior to maintain the countries’ stability.

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“…On the contrary, other regions may have deep-rooted divisions between state and society that impact legitimacy perceptions. Examples of this type of situation have been observed in the Middle East (Hudson, 1977), Latin America (Nolan-Ferrell, 2004), Africa (Englebert, 2000), Eastern Europe (Ramet, 1999), China (Zhong, 1996), or Asia (Compton, 2000). In consequence, the sense of national identity among different citizens of the same country is not homogeneous.…”

Section: State Legitimacy and Political Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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According to the theories of reasoned action and planned behavior, the precedent to any human conduct is the intention to display such conduct. People's attitudes are one of those precedents. Our work is framed within this line of research, as it seeks to analyze and explain the main determinants of attitudes towards boycotts. Thus, we understand that consumers' attitudes towards boycott behavior depend on three fundamental beliefs: perceived legitimacy of the behavior, ethical idealism towards such behavior, and finally, ethical relativism towards boycott behavior. We emphasize legitimacy since the relevance of legitimacy processes in the businessclient relationship lies in the validation of actions that allows their subjective recognition and, therefore, differentiates them from the legal nature of the acts. The research is carried out with 371 people and the hypotheses presented are verified through structural equation models. Discussion of the results and their implications contribute to a better understanding of the factors that determine the attitudes towards customer boycotts by business managers and academics.

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The State, Civil Society, and Revolutions: Building Political Legitimacy in Twentieth-Century Latin America

Cited by 8 publications

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The Determinants of State Legitimacy: Results for 72 Countries

The Determinants of State Legitimacy: Results for 72 Countries

Political Disaffection, Sociodemographic, and Psychographic Variables as State Legitimacy Determinants in the European Union

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