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28 Ιουλ 2016 · Recall that one important theory of voting behavior holds that most citizens vote not in order to influence the outcome of the election or influence government policies, but in order to express themselves (G. Brennan and Lomasky 1993).
- Voting: Methods
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- Social Choice Theory
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- Free Rider Problem
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- Citizenship
A citizen is a member of a political community who enjoys...
- Political Representation
The emphasis on elections also explains why discussions...
- Legitimacy, Political
Political legitimacy is a virtue of political institutions...
- Voting: Methods
29 Απρ 2010 · Political legitimacy is a virtue of political institutions and of the decisions—about laws, policies, and candidates for political office—made within them. This entry will survey the main answers that have been given to the following questions. First, how should legitimacy be defined? Is it primarily a descriptive or a normative concept?
First, it addresses the question of what makes political decisions legitimate. Is it respect for the political will? Or are there other sources of political legitimacy? It then explains why political legitimacy is an important normative concern, distinct from other normative concerns.
7 Νοε 2024 · This paper provides an overview of the ethical challenges facing voters in democratic elections. It starts by examining the assumptions that underpin contemporary claims about the moral and epistemic advantages of lotteries as compared to elections and shows their similarities to arguments for ‘unveiling the vote’, as Brennan and Pettit put it.
24 Μαρ 2017 · By comparing ideas about what makes political authorities legitimate, this study in five European democracies and hybrid regimes illuminates the ‘demand side of political legitimacy’.
14 Οκτ 2024 · The article begins by defining ideological and affective polarization, moves on to explaining the relationship between polarization, democratic legitimacy and democratic education, and then discusses the two pedagogical strategies mentioned above.
Divine command theories of legitimacy provide an example of belief-based conceptions. According to divine command theories, the right decision is the one that God truly wills, and legitimate political authority is afforded to those who are in a position to discern God’s will.
