Rethinking Legitimacy and Illegitimacy: A New Approach to Assessing Support and Opposition across Disciplines

By Robert D. Lamb

This report introduces a new assessment framework for legitimacy and illegitimacy that governments, businesses, and other organizations can use to better understand the sources and dynamics of support or opposition for any entity, policy, or program. It includes an intellectual history of the concept of legitimacy, summarizes the literature, introduces a new conceptualization of illegitimacy, and outlines four types of legitimacy assessments, from a rapid to a comprehensive assessment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442228598
• ISBN13: 9781442228597
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Center for Strategic & International Studies
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 12.1"