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Legitimacy: Additional Resources


These references supplement the Knowledge Base Essay, Legitimacy.

Additional Explanations of the Underlying Concepts:

Online (Web) Sources

Dukes, E. Franklin and Karen Firehock. Collaboration: A Guide for Environmental Advocates. The University of Virginia.
Available at:
http://www.audubon.org/campaign/pdf/collaboration.pdf  [Backup Link]
This publication poses questions and answers about using a collaborative approach in addressing environmental concerns.

Offline (Print) Sources

Bay, Christian. "Civil Disobedience: the Inner and Outer Limits." Dissent and the State , 1989.

Economy and Society: An Outline of Interpretive Sociology. New York: Bedmister Press, 1968.
This book examines structural functionalism. Weber argues that the economic sphere is not the only factor in determining social structure.

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Examples Illustrating this Topic:

Online (Web) Sources

Barnett, Randy E. "Constitutional Legitimacy." , November 1, 2001
Available at:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract-id=291145  [Backup Link]

This article examines the deficiencies of constitutional law.

Wolleh, Oliver. "Cyprus: A Civil Society Caught Up in the Question of Recognition." , 2002
Available at:
Primary Link  [Backup Link]

This article details the history of ethnic conflict between Greek and Turkish residents of the island of Cyprus. The island was divided into two separate parts in 1974, and both parties continue to deny one another recogntion and both avoid substantive confidence-building measures. The article discusses efforts toward reconciliation and prospects for the future of Cyprus.

Offline (Print) Sources

Manning, Carrie. "Conflict Management and Elite Habituation in Postwar Democracy: The Case of Mozambique." Comparative Politics 35:1, October 2002.
This article looks at the fragile postwar political system in Mozambique and how it owes its survival to the coexistence of two contradictory tracks for the management of political conflict.

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