Legitimacy

Many studies have been done on legitimacy surveys asking questions about confidence and trust of the police and the public's willingness to follow the police orders. Tyler and Muo(2002) conducted a study to access these types of questions to learn people's sense of accepting police decisions. they found that people who viewed the police as legitimate were more likely to accept their orders. When police act fairly and used procedural justice they were more accepting of the police actions. In…

The term illegitimacy is derived from the Latin term ‘illegitimus’ which means not in accordance with law . An illegitimate child is one which is born outside of sanction of marriage. Although, illegitimacy is a universal phenomenon the societies enforce strict rules pertaining to regulation of coition between different sexes and procreation of children. Although, the laws pertaining to marriage are different in various societies but the disapproval of illegitimate children is almost unanimous.…

I. Introduction Private Security Companies (PSC) offer military- and security-related services around the world in austere, undeveloped, and failed nations, as well as in fragile, developing, and democratizing nations. Comprised of highly-skilled individuals, PSCs have an arsenal of unique and coveted capabilities available to them, which their clients consider essential for their specific needs. With services ranging from dangerous, adrenaline-filled, armed combat missions to honorable…

Tom Tyler has led the way in researching procedural justice of counter terrorism among Muslims Tyler et al.(2010). There seems to be research lacking with procedural justice and police legitimacy for regular law enforcement among Arab-Americans. It may or may not be the same predictors that support cooperation of Arab-Americans to cooperate with traditional crime fighting and counter terrorism. Many immigrants from Arab countries like Lebanese in Australia are Muslim(Cherny and Murphy, 2013).…

In the overwhelming majority of decolonization wars, population-centric methods often succeeded militarily in establishing security, but failed to create political legitimacy. In Algeria, French troops systematically employed torture during interrogations, imposed draconian control measures on the Arab population, and forcibly relocated hostile populations—a tactic which the British also used to great effect in Malaya…

the thermotical contribution on refining the conception of legitimacy into three categories: pragmatic, moral and cognitive. Secondly, this is the first in-depth case-based empirical work with detailed evidence provided in its study area. Lastly, the findings challenge the recent sustainability assurance statement research infers that accountability to stakeholders is of minimal concern to…

and the subsequent media attention that followed. I look at whether the group has lost legitimacy in the eyes of the public and of its shareholders and if there has been any effect on the automobile industry as a whole. I also examine the reaction of the market to the scandal and investigate the impact of the scandal on the share price of the company and other firms. Breach of Social Contract and loss of legitimacy Companies have an implied social contract to conduct their business operations…

use of power in a way that the majority of society views as legitimate. Legitimacy, like power, is a social phenomenon. The power is not legitimate based on its use, but the legitimacy people give to it. To Stinchcombe, power is rational, situational and is contingent on legitimacy. Kenneth Boulding’s definition of power is simply the ability to get what we want. He sees power as a relational phenomenon. Power and legitimacy are remarkably…

Under legitimacy theory communicating CSR initiatives is a source of initiating and protecting organizational legitimacy. Pattern (2002) observed that there is a positive relationship between disclosure of CSR initiatives and organizational legitimacy. (Deegan and Rankin 2007; Brown and Deegan 2008) all concur to this finding. Previously, financial performance is regarded as a yardstick for determining organizational legitimacy, but now it is the way that the organization…

Although Rwanda has received global recognition for its vast improvement in recent years, its government’s claim to internal legitimacy remains relatively weak. This conclusion is based upon the evaluation of three main sources of internal legitimacy: the historical aspect, the personal credibility of a nation’s leader, and the government’s ability to gain social approval. Like much of Africa, Rwanda has a long history of European colonization and monarchial rule. This lasted until the formation…