Legitimacy

Much of his legitimacy is based on his charisma as a leader. His ability to be re-elected and promote his party (Aliza Pais Movement) has resulted in a monopoly of the power leader back to Mr. Correa. Campaigning on the belief that he was going to get rid of the corruption…

economic rights during the Lochner era, to a commitment to equality liberalism. Brown is a proper use of the Supreme Court’s power. Its four valid shortcomings reveal the support Brown had from other political actors. Brown’s support provides the court legitimacy for their ruling and provided an era for equality. This era of equality allowed the court and social movements to work in synergy. Firstly, the decision undermines the federal system that the 1787 constitution creates and forces the…

Legitimacy is defined as the lawfulness or authenticity of something. Nowadays in society, Legitimacy is not matter at all whether an individual is legitimate or not because others define us in their own way depending on the way we act towards them. People are identified as legitimate by their language, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, behavior. Two ways people are identified, one is by self and by others. We use various markers of status to create a legitimate identity for ourselves such…

law enforcement but it is far less prevalent than the activists would have us believe. Racial and ethnic minority perceptions that the police lack lawfulness and legitimacy, based largely on their interactions with the police, can lead to the distrust of the police. Distrust of the police has serious consequences. It undermines the legitimacy police lose their ability and authority to function effectively. Personal interactions have the strongest impact on perceptions. People form opinions of…

supporters of the Provisional Government were committed to the democratic process and therefore hamstrung by the niceties of parliamentary procedure and law” (78). This is why the Bolsheviks were able to take power in a coup, because legality and legitimacy were none of their concern, they only cared for Communism, and that gave them free reign to do whatever necessary.…

is important to highlight that in the pre-Machiavellian times it was the idea/ understanding of morality that governed whether or not the authority was deemed legitimate(Nederman 2005). With a belief that righteousness had a great deal to play in legitimacy…

Online education is a convenient way for traditional and non-traditional students to earn a diploma, certificate or degree. Online education or “distance learning” first began through shorthand classes being offered via mail. As technology progressed, television and radio were used for mediums as well. In 1981, the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute 's School of Management and Strategic Studies began offering a computer based learning program. With this new way of earning a degree comes the…

It has often been said that the European Union suffers from a democratic deficit. This notion derives from the fact that prior to 1979, none of the EU institutions had directly elected members and therefore there was no democratic accountability to the citizens of the EU. It is also regularly asserted that the legislative powers at EU level are confined and dominated by executive actors, namely the Council of Ministers and the ‘unelected bureaucrats’ in the European Commission. However, this…

When the Supreme Court refused to sanction UT’s use of race in its undergraduate admissions process and, instead, remanded it back to the Fifth Circuit for review under what seemed to be a stricter standard, many worried that this would be the end of affirmative action. This fear is more acute now, since the Court has agreed to review the case once more, a possible signal that they disagree with the Fifth Circuit’s decision to uphold UT’s utilization of race. One concern is that without race, it…

whichever candidate won Florida would also win the election. It is later revealed in the film that George W. Bush won the election with 271 electoral votes, while Al Gore received 266 votes. However, there is substantial evidence that challenges the legitimacy of this election and suggests that the real winner should have been Gore. In fact, I believe that if…