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Showing 1 to 20 of 218 for “"legitimation"”.
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The legitimation of deliberative democracy
This thesis explores issues of legitimacy in the theory and practice of deliberative democracy. The starting point is two problems which arise in classical accounts of deliberation. First, if legitimacy depends on the give and take of reasons between free and equal citizens, how can the results of …
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The legitimation of deliberative democracy
This thesis explores issues of legitimacy in the theory and practice of deliberative democracy. The starting point is two problems which arise in classical accounts of deliberation. First, if legitimacy depends on the give and take of reasons between free and equal citizens, how can the results of …
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Verbesserte Legitimation von Stadtwerken durch Bürgerbeteiligung
… politische Steuerung der Unternehmen, wird zum Legitimationsproblem für die kommunale Wirtschaft. Denn eine ausschließliche Orientierung an den Überschüssen der kommunalen Unternehmen legitimiert nicht den öffentlichen Zweck, weder politisch noch organisationsrechtlich. Die …
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Acting in Anaesthesia : Agency, Participation and Legitimation
… accounts are legitimated and propose it is the legitimation of the accounts, more than their construction, which provides a lead for action. I also explore the processes that regulate the participation of Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs) and anaesthetic nurses and its consequences. I …
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Authoritarian Renewal and Legitimation in Saudi Arabia
How do processes of authoritarian legitimation in Saudi Arabia work? Existing political science scholarship on authoritarianism tends to focus on repression and co-optation and ties ideologies and ideational aspects – such as the global rise of nationalist politics under authoritarian rule – …
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COIN through the eyes of Bourdieu: American legitimation practices in Iraq 2007-2009: American legitimation practices in Iraq 2007-2009
… in the information age, this central question of legitimation is likely to become increasingly important. <br/><br/>The core research question driving this thesis – to what extent and how was the United States able to legitimize the government of Iraq between 2007 and 2009 through its …
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Arguing Security: Rhetoric, Media Environment, and Threat Legitimation
… consent about a security threat, or threat legitimation. Threats require legitimation because they are social facts and not objective truths or subjective perceptions. I argue rhetorical resources and strategies affect threat legitimation. Political actors deploy rhetorical resources and …
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Fate calculation experts : diviners seeking legitimation in contemporary China
… I show that diviners achieve legitimation by associating their occupation with modern knowledge production systems, by forming academic associations and by representing their work as a form of psychological counselling. Diviners' claims to moral authority and traditional …
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The Legitimation of Novel Technologies: The Case of Nanotechnology
… However, the market for nanotechnology is in the legitimation process. It will take an entire network of key stakeholders playing a specific roles for nanotechnology to legitimize. Specifically, each key stakeholder will align with a certain cultural discourse to frame nanotechnology in a …
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Fate calculation experts : diviners seeking legitimation in contemporary China
… I show that diviners achieve legitimation by associating their occupation with modern knowledge production systems, by forming academic associations and by representing their work as a form of psychological counselling. Diviners' claims to moral authority and traditional …
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Tough Sell: Rising Powers, Domestic Legitimation and Costly International Initiatives
… audiences.Building on theories of domestic legitimation, this study advances a framework of ideational legitimation strategies, emphasizing the central role of national narratives. It argues that leaders use culturally resonant narratives-rooted in national identity, historical memory, and …
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Unmeasured, detached, and isolated: The legitimation of a domesticated identity
<p>Unmeasured, detached and isolated explores the lingering effects of colonialism on identity, behavior, and cultural perception through the lens of my personal experience as a Venezuelan immigrant in the United States. I investigate how colonial legacies—especially those codified through manuals …
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Agrárbiotechnológiai társaságok legitimációs stratégiái = Legitimation Strategies of Agri-Biotechnology Corporations
Disszertációmban azt vizsgálom, hogy a magyarországi agrárbiotechnológiai szervezeti mező tagjai milyen legitimációs és delegitimációs stratégiákat alkalmaznak a génmódosított növények vonatkozásában. Mindenekelőtt a szervezetelméleti megközelítések legitimitás értelmezéseit tekintettem át és …
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The discursive legitimation of asylum policies in Greece and Ireland
This thesis explores the legitimation strategies employed by political actors in Greece and Ireland in asylum policy. The aim of the thesis is to study in comparative perspective the factors that shape the formulation of discourses on asylum in two countries with similar migration histories, as …
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Practices of power : meaning and legitimation in information technology consulting
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1993.
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Mythmaking, Mega-events, and Coercion: Autocratic Legitimation in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan
… are unavailable as alternative sources of legitimation. Through document analysis and sixty expert interviews collected in Baku, Astana, and Almaty this work traces the evolution of regime practices, actors, and events involved in formulating the right to rule in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan …
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Institutional hearings as symbolic process: The re-legitimation of organizational practices
… legitimacy. In contrast to this substantive re-legitimation, symbolic legitimation refers to reframing the meaning of the actions to create the perception of legitimacy.
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Playing Games with Art: The Cultural and Aesthetic Legitimation of Digital Games
… undergoing a process of cultural and aesthetic legitimation; the question of digital games’ legitimacy as art is being raised with increasing urgency in a variety of different contexts. Mobilizing a conceptual framework derived from media studies, the sociology of art, and certain traditions in …
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